Killing at Will. Extrajudicial executions and other unlawful killings by the police in Nigeria
Amnesty International
December, 2009, Amnesty International:
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is responsible for hundreds of extrajudicial executions, other unlawful killings and enforced disappearances every year. The majority of cases go uninvestigated and unpunished.
Table of contents:
1 INTRODUCTION
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
2 THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE: A SYSTEM STARVED OF FUNDS
CHRONIC LACK OF RESOURCES
STAFF UNDERTRAINED AND UNQUALIFIED
POOR WORKING CONDITIONS
INADEQUATE DISTRIBUTION OF BUDGET
POOR PUBLIC IMAGE
3 UNLAWFUL KILLINGS, ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND TORTURE IN POLICE CUSTODY
UNLAWFULLY KILLED DURING POLICE OPERATIONS
UNLAWFULLY KILLED AT POLICE CHECKPOINTS
UNLAWFULLY KILLED IN A ‘SHOOT-OUT WITH ARMED ROBBERS’
‘HE TRIED TO ESCAPE’: SUSPECTS SHOT AFTER ARREST
VICTIMS DENIED LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL TREATMENT
POLICE FORCE ORDER 237
VICTIMS TORTURED TO DEATH
‘TRANSFERRED TO ABUJA’: ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES
EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS AND OTHER UNLAWFUL KILLINGS: THE STATISTICS
4 IMPUNITY FOR UNLAWFUL KILLINGS
UNLAWFUL KILLINGS COVERED UP
FAILURE TO INVESTIGATE DEATHS
INVESTIGATIONS LACK INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY
WEAK OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS
NO ADEQUATE RESPONSE TO COMPLAINTS
CORONER’S INQUESTS: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR JUSTICE
5 BARRIERS TO JUSTICE AND REDRESS
THE COST OF JUSTICE
PROFITING FROM THE DEAD
REFUSAL TO PAY COMPENSATION
FAMILIES AND ACTIVISTS INTIMIDATED
6 NIGERIA’S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS
7 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
APPENDIX: NIGERIA POLICE FORCE STATISTICS
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