APO Killings: NHRC Indicts Army, DSS & Attorney General Over raid

Author:
channelsweb
Publisher:
Channels Television
Publication Date:
8 April 2014
Tags:
Nigeria, Legal and Judicial Affairs

The Chairman of the Commission, Dr Chidi Odinkalu, said that the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Service had no credible evidence to tag the eight youngsters killed in September 2013 as agents of the Boko Haram terror group. The commission also awarded the sum of 10million Naira each, to be paid within one month to families of the eight deceased persons and 5million Naira each to the eleven persons injured in the attack.

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