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| Nigerian police are carrying out a shocking level of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, Amnesty International says. | Nigerian police are carrying out a shocking level of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, Amnesty International says. |
| The rights group's three-year inquiry details cases of prisoners tortured to death and shootings at roadblocks. | The rights group's three-year inquiry details cases of prisoners tortured to death and shootings at roadblocks. |
| Amnesty says the police complain they are poorly trained and that criminals are often better armed than they are. | Amnesty says the police complain they are poorly trained and that criminals are often better armed than they are. |
| On Tuesday, a hospital in Enugu told the BBC it was overwhelmed by bodies being brought in by the police. | |
| The BBC visited the hospital's morgue in the south-eastern city and took photographs, showing piles of young men, lying on top of one another and strewn about on tables and floors. | |
| It was established that at least seven people were last seen alive in police custody, accused of kidnapping. | It was established that at least seven people were last seen alive in police custody, accused of kidnapping. |
| Police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu responded by saying extra judicial killings were not approved in Nigeria and officers were being trained to use firearms "in respect of human rights". | |
| 'Brutalised' | 'Brutalised' |
| "The Nigerian police are responsible for hundreds of unlawful killings every year," said Erwin van der Borght, director of Amnesty International's Africa programme, in a statement. | |
| Police are not trained to respect human beings Human rights lawyer Femi Falana Police: Issuing corpses and denials | Police are not trained to respect human beings Human rights lawyer Femi Falana Police: Issuing corpses and denials |
| "The majority of the cases go uninvestigated and the police officers responsible go unpunished. | "The majority of the cases go uninvestigated and the police officers responsible go unpunished. |
| "The families of the victims usually get no justice or redress. Most never even find out what happened to their loved ones." | "The families of the victims usually get no justice or redress. Most never even find out what happened to their loved ones." |
| A corrupt police culture, little training or competence with firearms, and the legacy of Nigeria's military era are all contributing factors, the report says. | A corrupt police culture, little training or competence with firearms, and the legacy of Nigeria's military era are all contributing factors, the report says. |
| Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, believes police officers are being brutalised by their training regime. | Nigerian human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, believes police officers are being brutalised by their training regime. |
| "Police are not trained to respect human beings. They are not taught about human rights of citizens and other people in Nigeria," he says. | "Police are not trained to respect human beings. They are not taught about human rights of citizens and other people in Nigeria," he says. |
| "They are not taught that they have a duty to prevent and arrest criminality in the society." | "They are not taught that they have a duty to prevent and arrest criminality in the society." |
| Justification | Justification |
| The Amnesty report's authors are demanding an end to a culture of impunity. | The Amnesty report's authors are demanding an end to a culture of impunity. |
| They say police guidelines called Force Order 237 - allowing police to fire on civilians fleeing arrest for serious crimes - must be changed. | They say police guidelines called Force Order 237 - allowing police to fire on civilians fleeing arrest for serious crimes - must be changed. |
| Amnesty says the order justifies firing on anyone resisting arrest. | Amnesty says the order justifies firing on anyone resisting arrest. |
| The BBC's Caroline Duffield in Lagos says gauging the scale of police violence is difficult - there is no proper data on civilians killed by police. | The BBC's Caroline Duffield in Lagos says gauging the scale of police violence is difficult - there is no proper data on civilians killed by police. |
| Two years ago the authorities announced they had shot dead 785 armed robbers over a 90-day period, she says. | Two years ago the authorities announced they had shot dead 785 armed robbers over a 90-day period, she says. |
| Amnesty says about 110 police officers are killed in shoot-outs with criminals every year. | Amnesty says about 110 police officers are killed in shoot-outs with criminals every year. |