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Nigeria Police Force Refutes Amnesty International Report! by babytoyou(f): 1:25am On Sep 19, 2014
See press release from Nigeria Police Force below...

The attention of the Nigeria Police has been drawn to an on-line publication entitled ‘Welcome to Hell-Fire’: torture and other ill-treatment in Nigeria.
While we do not question the freedom of Amnesty International to earn its relevance and bread, the Nigeria Police takes serious exceptions to some blatant falsehoods and innuendoes contained in that report.
For one, it smacks of indecency and intemperate language to liken our dear nation Nigeria, to hell fire. That cannot be true. We believe that Nigeria is a growing nation, green and largely peaceful.

While the Nigeria Police and other operators in the criminal justice sector are undergoing systematic reforms, and aligning themselves with the demands of democracy, there is no gain saying the fact that the Nigeria Police Force has since improved its operational efficiency and effectiveness. Since the dawn of democracy in 1999, the Nigeria Police Force has significantly improved on its human rights records, owing largely to training and re-training, community policing, attitudinal change and structural transformation.

In its report under reference, Amnesty International did admit in its methodology that it visited some Police... see more @ http://esokonyesblog..fr/2014/09/nigeria-police-force-refutes-amnesty.html
Re: Nigeria Police Force Refutes Amnesty International Report! by bongila(f): 3:30am On Sep 19, 2014
Hmmm
Re: Nigeria Police Force Refutes Amnesty International Report! by hushmail: 6:26am On Sep 19, 2014
i saw d report joor

why r they denying it?

Abi dem no dey collect bribe or put pple 4 cell?

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