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Blood on Uniforms (2): No justice for inmates killed by Nigerian prison officials Apart from killing the inmates and lying about it, the Nigeria Correctional Service also forced families of the victims to sign controversial undertaking documents. 9 min read (In the second part of this series on extrajudicial killings during the COVID-19 lockdown in Nigeria, Kemi Busari investigates the killing of an awaiting trial inmate at the Kaduna Correctional facility and why prison authorities refuse to release his body. Read the first part here). Wisdom Felix has been dead for about 11...

BLOOD ON UNIFORMS (2): No Justice For Inmates Killed By Nigerian Correctional Officers As Families 'Beg' For Corpses On Thursday, April 9, 2020, ten days after Nigeria entered partial lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, officers of the Nigeria police, army, correctional service and others had extra-judicially killed 13 while enforcing the curfew – the virus had only claimed six lives then. By May 4, when the government eased the lockdown, about 20 persons had been killed in similar circumstances. For three months, investigative journalist, Kemi Busari, followed the trails of these arbitr...