06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Lagos State: Funsho Williams, gubernatorial candidate of the ruling PDP, was killed in July ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19467]

"On July 27, Lagos State gubernatorial candidate Funsho Williams, who had been seeking the nomination of the ruling PDP, was tied up, stabbed several times, and strangled to death. The two police officers responsible for guarding Williams' home did not report for work on July 27. An investigation was ongoing at year's end."

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08.03.2006 - Source: US Department of State

Soldiers and so called area boys clashed in the region ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 15682]

"Killings carried out by organized gangs of armed robbers remained common during the year. On May 2, soldiers and street toughs, popularly known as "area boys," clashed in Lagos. The incident followed the killing of a soldier, allegedly by the area boys, near a military command in the Ikeja suburb of Lagos. Soldiers arrested 62 suspected area boys and remanded them to police for prosecution."

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08.03.2006 - Source: US Department of State

Two-thirds of the women in certain communities in Lagos State experienced violence within the family ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46036],  [ID 17412]

"AI reported that an estimated two-thirds of the women in certain communities in Lagos State experienced physical, sexual, or psychological violence in the family, with husbands, partners, and fathers responsible for most of the violence. Discriminatory laws exacerbated the problem. For example the penalty for indecent assault on a man is more severe than the penalty for the same offense against a woman."

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