Accused of extra-judicial killing of citizens, Nigeria faults Amnesty report

Nigeria, through its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at the weekend officially debunked claims by Amnesty International (AI) that the country’s military had been involved in extra-judicial killing of its citizens.

The group had in its recent report, alleged that the military killed no fewer than 240 in Borno State, including women and babies, and 177 Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) members in the South East.

While the Defence headquarters immediately issued a rebuttal describing Amnesty’s claims as “inconceivable”, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a statement signed by its spokesman, Mr Clement Aduku in Abuja, accused Amnesty of one-sided report as it did not condemn the atrocities committed by terrorist groups in Nigeria.