Nigerian security forces kill 18 over lockdown regulations
The toll is higher than that inflicted by Covid-19 in the country.
Boko Haram’s Islamic State-backed faction claimed to have executed five Nigerian soldiers but security sources said three of them were civilian militia members. AFP/Kola Sulaimon. File image for illustration.
Nigerian security agents have killed 18 people in their enforcement of measures to curb coronavirus, a toll higher than that inflicted by the disease itself, the country’s human rights body said.
The National Human Rights Commission said in a report late on Wednesday “there were 8 documented incidents of extrajudicial killings leading to 18 deaths.”
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