Nigeria's security
forces have killed more than 150 peaceful protesters since August 2015, a human
rights group has claimed.
Amnesty International
said the military used live ammunition and deadly force against pro-Biafra
protesters who were campaigning for an independent state in the south-east.
Nigeria's police denies
allegations that it used unnecessary force.
The country's army said
Amnesty was trying to tarnish its reputation.
Amnesty's report is
based on interviews with almost 200 people alongside more than 100 photographs
and 87 videos.
Among the allegations
contained in the report are what Amnesty called "extrajudicial
executions", when 60 people were shot and killed in south-eastern Onitsha
city, in the two days surrounding Biafra Remembrance Day in May 2016.
"This reckless and trigger-happy approach to crowd control has caused at least 150 deaths, and we fear the actual total might be far higher" said Makmid Kamara, Amnesty's interim director for Nigeria.
Other victims detailed
in the report include a 26-year-old man who was shot in Nkpor, but hid in a
gutter, still alive. He said when soldiers found him, they poured acid over
him, and told him he would die slowly.
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