Document #1235640

TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News)

Police against public executions by vigilantes

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/nigeria/20010716.phtml

ecoi.net summary:
Vigilantes, including the Bakassi Boys in the southeast and the banned Oodua People's Congress (OPC) often execute suspected robbers in the Lagos area
Country:
Nigeria
Source:
TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News)
Original link:
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/wa/countrystories/nigeria/20010716.phtml
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
17 July 2001
Document ID:
1235640 (former ID 19772)

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