Nigeria: Amnesty Int'l Hails Senate's Move to Probe Military

8 June 2018

Lagos — Amnesty International, AI, yesterday, described the decision by the Senate to probe allegations raised in its report as a welcome development and a sign of hope for victims seeking justice.

In a statement by its Director in Nigeria, Osai Ojigho, AI stated that: "Rather than taking action to address the issues raised in this report, like investigating countless allegations of rape and other war crimes, the Nigerian military has fallen back on its usual hostile tactics of denials and threats.

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