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PROTECTION AND REDRESSES FOR VICTIMS AND WITNESSES OF TORTURE BY THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE

Nigeria is a country where cases of serious human rights abuses by security agencies especially the Police are the order of the day, and without any form of protection and redress to the victims and witnesses of human rights infringement recognized by the law.Regrettably, there have been consistent denials by the leadership of the Nigeria Police on the use of torture-based interrogation to elicit information from victims and intimidation of the witnesses of human rights abuse.In reality, people are usually subjected to physical and mental torture by the Police as principal means of investigati…