Nigeria Military Must Be Probed for War Crimes, Amnesty Says
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The Nigerian forces and some of its most senior officers must be investigated for war crimes after more than 8,000 deaths over a four-year period, according to Amnesty International. A military spokesman rejected the allegations.
Since March 2011, more than 7,000 young men died in military detention, while more than 1,200 people were unlawfully killed since February 2012, the London-based rights group said in a statement handed to reporters on Wednesday in the Nigerian capital, Abuja. Amnesty named and called for an investigation of three Major Generals and two Brigadier Generals, as well as four current and former chiefs of staff.