‘Accountability elusive’ a year after Nigeria protest killings: Amnesty | Protests News

Rights group says perpetrators ‘must be held to account’, a year after 24 people killed during cost of living protests.

The Nigerian government has failed to ensure accountability after police used deadly force to disperse mass 2024 demonstrations against soaring living costs, Amnesty International has said on the first anniversary of the protests.

In a statement on Friday, the human rights group said police in Nigeria “bizarrely continue to deny strong allegations of extrajudicial…