Nigeria Rights Body Orders Compensation
The Nigerian Human Rights Commission has accused security agencies of unlawfully killing civilians suspected of being Boko Haram insurgents and is ordering that compensation be paid to the victims.
State Security Service.
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Nigeria:
Apo Eight - Army, DSS, Indicted for Unlawful Killing
Premium Times, 7 April 2014
The Nigerian Human Rights (NHRC) Commission in Abuja Monday afternoon indicted the Nigerian Army, the Directorate of State Security, DSS and the Attorney General of the Federation… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NHRC Orders FG to Pay N135 Million to Relatives of Victims of Apo Killings
This Day, 8 April 2014
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Monday declared that the killing of eight tricycle riders at the Apo Legislative Quarters in Abuja on September 20, 2013 by security… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Apo Killings - Rights Commission Indicts AG, Army, SSS
Daily Trust, 8 April 2014
National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) yesterday indicted the Attorney General of the Federation, the Nigerian Army and the Department of the State Security (SSS) for the killing… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Apo Eight - Nigerian Rights Commission Indicts Army, SSS, for Unlawful Killing
Premium Times, 7 April 2014
The Nigerian Human Rights (NHRC) Commission in Abuja Monday afternoon indicted the Nigerian Army, the Directorate of State Security, DSS and the Attorney General of the Federation… Read more »
InFocus
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A suspected member of the Boko Haram sect has told a panel of the National Human Rights Commission probing the alleged extra-judicial killing of squatters at an uncompleted ... Read more »
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The number of deaths in last week's controversial killings in an uncompleted building at Apo legislative quartersin Abuja has increased. Read more »