Nigeria: No Child Detained in Our Custody - Military

The military says there are no children detained in any of its detention centres across the country.

Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, faulted a recent report by Amnesty International accusing the military of having arrested, detained and tortured children in its custody.

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