The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has ordered an investigation into allegations of the Nigerian Police Force’s culpability in the deaths and arrests of protesters during the August End Bad Governance nationwide protest.
Amnesty had in a briefing published a few days ago, accused NPF of “using excessive force against protesters during the nationwide #Endbadgovernance demonstrations between 1-10 August, killing at least 24 people in the states of: Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Jigawa and Niger.”
In the briefing titled “Bloody August: Nigerian Government’s Violent Crackdown on #Endbadgovernance Protests”, Amnesty said those killed included 20 young people, an older person and two children.
Responding in a press release by NPF’s Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi in Abuja on Monday, said the allegations appeared “falsified and confusing”, adding that Egbetokun had ordered an investigation into the matter.
