Daniel Adewuyi Tella — a 27-year-old graduate in banking and finance, was about to start his national youth service in 2006. He was arrested by police on 7 February 2006 on his way home in Festac, Lagos when police saw the money in his pocket: His family say that the police took the money he saved for his youth service and tortured him in attempt to get more. He died in police custody. The police later alleged that Daniel Adewuyi Tella sustained injuries all over his body when he jumped out of a moving police vehicle.

Gross Human Rights Violations Under Buhari Administration:

1. Mass slaughter of over 350 men, women and children by Nigerian military in Zaria between 12–14 Dec. 2015. 2. The Nigerian security forces carried out chilling campaign of extrajudicial executions and violence resulting in the deaths of at least 150 peaceful pro-Biafra protesters between August 2015 and August 2016:

An on-the-ground investigation by Amnesty International has confirmed that the Nigerian army and police killed at least 12 peaceful protesters yesterday at two locations in Lagos. Killings took place in Lekki and Alausa, where thousands were protesting police brutality. #EndSARS Evidence gathered from eyewitnesses, video footage and hospital reports confirm that between 6:45pm and 9:00pm on Tuesday 20 October, the Nigerian military opened fire on thousands of people who were peacefully calling for an end to police brutality. #EndSARS

Amnesty International condemns the rape and brutal murder of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa; a 22-year-old 100-level student of the University of Benin, Edo State. Vera Uwaila was raped and killed inside a Redeemed Christian Church of God in Benin city. #JusticeForUwa #RapeIsACrime While the nation is still coming to terms with this gross violation, in Jigawa state 11 men were arrested for raping a 12-year old girl at Limawa in Dutse, the state capital. Although rape is a crime in Nigeria government’s response to it continues to be, woefully inadequate

ZAMFARA THREAD: In July we issued a report on escalating insecurity in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, with daily killings and kidnappings by armed bandits leaving villagers in constant fear of attack. Between Sunday 7 and Thursday 12 July, Amnesty International visited communities in five local government areas of Zamfara state – Zurmi, Maradun, Maru, Anka and Tsafe.

THREAD: We have been working on Nigeria since 1967; But 2017 & 2018 are different. On March 20, 2017 a group of ‘sponsored’ protesters barricaded our office & asked us to quit Nigeria within 24 hours: From 20-23 March 2017, the protesters kept mobilizing what appeared to be hired crowds from outskirts of Abuja to sustain a siege at our office:

A THREAD: We astarted working on Nigeria in 1967 & issued our first report in 1968. All through these years; through dark days of military rule in 1990’s we remained resolute that; Nigerians must live with dignity. No one can violate rights of #Nigerians and go away with it. Sometimes we get harsh responses; authorities often unleash blanket dismissal of our reports, without counter facts or figures. Like in other countries we are always have uneasy relationship with violators of human rights and their supporters.