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Amnesty International has accused the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS of systematically torturing detainees as a means of extracting confessions and lucrative bribes.
The group accused corrupt SARS officers of subjecting detainees to horrific torture in the form of starvation, hanging, beatings, shootings and mock executions.
A researcher with Amnesty International Nigeria, Damian Ugwu, gave the findings in Abuja, at a news conference launching the report tagged: “You Have Signed Your Death Warrant”: Torture and ill-treatment by Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
Ugwu said SARS officers were getting rich through their brutality, adding that its research uncovered a pattern of ruthless human rights violation, where victims are arrested and tortured until they either make a confession or pay officers a bribe to be released.
AI which focused its reports on research from three police stations in Awkuzu, Enugu and Abuja, said it interviewed 65 people, including 44 torture victims, nine law enforcement agents, three lawyers and nine human rights defenders.
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Amnesty International has accused the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS of systematically torturing detainees as a means of extracting confessions and lucrative bribes.
The group accused corrupt SARS officers of subjecting detainees to horrific torture in the form of starvation, hanging, beatings, shootings and mock executions.
A researcher with Amnesty International Nigeria, Damian Ugwu, gave the findings in Abuja, at a news conference launching the report tagged: “You Have Signed Your Death Warrant”: Torture and ill-treatment by Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
Ugwu said SARS officers were getting rich through their brutality, adding that its research uncovered a pattern of ruthless human rights violation, where victims are arrested and tortured until they either make a confession or pay officers a bribe to be released.
AI which focused its reports on research from three police stations in Awkuzu, Enugu and Abuja, said it interviewed 65 people, including 44 torture victims, nine law enforcement agents, three lawyers and nine human rights defenders.
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Amnesty International has accused the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS of systematically torturing detainees as a means of extracting confessions and lucrative bribes.
The group accused corrupt SARS officers of subjecting detainees to horrific torture in the form of starvation, hanging, beatings, shootings and mock executions.
A researcher with Amnesty International Nigeria, Damian Ugwu, gave the findings in Abuja, at a news conference launching the report tagged: “You Have Signed Your Death Warrant”: Torture and ill-treatment by Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).
Ugwu said SARS officers were getting rich through their brutality, adding that its research uncovered a pattern of ruthless human rights violation, where victims are arrested and tortured until they either make a confession or pay officers a bribe to be released.
AI which focused its reports on research from three police stations in Awkuzu, Enugu and Abuja, said it interviewed 65 people, including 44 torture victims, nine law enforcement agents, three lawyers and nine human rights defenders.
