The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Inter-society) has said that the Nigerian Army allegedly arrested and detained over 400 Oyigbo residents in Rivers State, all Christians and mostly Igbo citizens.
The human rights group said out of the 400 or more, 150 have been discovered to be held indefinitely and incommunicado in secret Army and police dungeons located in Abuja, FCT, without court trial.
The Intersociety Chairman, Mr Emeka Umeagbalasi said in a statement, yesterday, that “52 defenceless Oyigbo residents, all Christian Igbos, were recently rescued and their release secured through three different courts and four processes in Niger State.
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