Nigerian President Muhammadu
Buhari, who took office last week, said he will look into a report
published by Amnesty International that accused Nigerian forces of war
crimes in the campaign against Islamist militants.
The U.K.-based human rights watchdog released a report on Wednesday that said more than 7,000 young men died in military detention and it documented more than 1,200 extrajudicial killings since February 2012 in Africa’s largest economy.
The Nigerian government will “leave no stone unturned” in investigating the claims, Buhari, a former military ruler in Nigeria from 1983 to 1985, said in an e-mailed statement on Wednesday. “We will not tolerate or condone impunity and reckless disregard for human right.”
The military has been dogged by allegations of human rights abuses, which the army has repeatedly said it doesn’t condone. Armed forces spokesman Major General Chris Olukolade called Amnesty’s report “biased and concocted.”
The military has been fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram for the past six years, which has largely been centered in the country’s northeast.
The U.K.-based human rights watchdog released a report on Wednesday that said more than 7,000 young men died in military detention and it documented more than 1,200 extrajudicial killings since February 2012 in Africa’s largest economy.
The Nigerian government will “leave no stone unturned” in investigating the claims, Buhari, a former military ruler in Nigeria from 1983 to 1985, said in an e-mailed statement on Wednesday. “We will not tolerate or condone impunity and reckless disregard for human right.”
The military has been dogged by allegations of human rights abuses, which the army has repeatedly said it doesn’t condone. Armed forces spokesman Major General Chris Olukolade called Amnesty’s report “biased and concocted.”
The military has been fighting an insurgency by Boko Haram for the past six years, which has largely been centered in the country’s northeast.
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