Gunmen in Nigeria shot dead a human rights leader in the southeastern part of the country early this morning, a rights activist said.

Chidi Nwosu, president of Human Rights, Justice and Peace Foundation, a group campaigning against rights abuses in Abia state, was killed at about 1.00 a.m. at his home in the city of Aba, said Emeka Umeagbalasi, the chairman of the Intersociety rights group.

“The gunmen locked Nwosu’s wife and child in a toilet, took him into a room and fired three shots at him before leaving the house,” Umeagbalasi said in a telephone interview.

The Nigerian government deployed army troops in Abia state in October to curb an increase in abductions and armed robberies, particularly in Aba, a major commercial center in southeastern Nigeria.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-29/nigerian-human-rights-campaigner-killed-by-gunmen-at-his-home.html

Government sponsored assasination.The rogue system hates opposition,probably why Hon Soyinka is bowing out so early

It is becoming very dangerous to speak d truth in nigeria

This was an execution style attack. I feel this was politically motivated. Abia State will be very dangerous in the coming months.