Amnesty raises alarm over missing persons, police abuse in S’East, demands Justice
By Steve Oko UMUAHIA – Amnesty International has raised the alarm over alleged widespread human rights violations, unlawful killings and enforced disappearances in the South-East, accusing security agencies of leaving families in agony by failing to account for persons allegedly taken into custody.
The representative of the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Mrs Nkechi Okoji, also commended Amnesty International for its campaign, recounting the alleged arrest and extortion of a medical student from Aba by police officers.
A human rights activist trained by Amnesty International, Samuel Agwu, described the alleged crackdown on members and suspected sympathisers of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as “mind-blowing and hellish.
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