Amnesty International says it has evidence, including names and addresses, of people allegedly killed extrajudicially by the Nigerian military in the South-East. Country Director Isa Sanusi in an interview said the group has been in contact with families of victims and is calling for an impartial investigation to ensure justice.
In its report titled ‘A Decade of Impunity: Attacks and Unlawful Killings in Southeast Nigeria’, Amnesty accused the police, military, regional security outfit Ebube Agu, and non-state actors of widespread abuses. It documented over 1,844 deaths between January 2021 and June 2023, along with cases of torture, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary arrests.
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Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Markus Kangye, denied the allegations, insisting the military does not carry out extrajudicial killings in the South-East or anywhere in Nigeria. He said security operations have reduced the capacity of criminal groups in the region.
Sanusi said many of the alleged killings happened during operations in areas suspected of harbouring members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network. Amnesty said it interviewed 100 people for the report and contacted the military before publication but received no response.
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