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Nigeria Lockdown: People killed By Police Are More Than COVID-19 deaths
By: Tupaki Desk | 20 April 2020 10:31 AM IST
Following the outbreak of the dreaded COVID-19 virus, many nations across the world have imposed lockdown so that the virus is not spread further. When it comes to enforcement of lockdown Nigeria very strict to do so.
As a result, reports state the count of the civilian deaths in Nigeria is more than the COVID-19 deaths which is quite scary.
Going by the information given by the NHHRC, National Human Rights Commission states that the armed security forces have killed at least 18 people in Nigeria to enforce the lockdown measures.
These killing were higher than the COVID-19 deaths, whereas 400 Coronavirus cases were confirmed in the nation reporting 12 deaths of the fatal virus.
"Law enforcement agents extrajudicially executed 18 persons in the cause of the enforcement regulations," NHHRC said.
To see that the public in the nation follows the lockdown measures strictly, security forces, police and the army forces were deployed in the country by the authorities earlier.
As a result, reports state the count of the civilian deaths in Nigeria is more than the COVID-19 deaths which is quite scary.
Going by the information given by the NHHRC, National Human Rights Commission states that the armed security forces have killed at least 18 people in Nigeria to enforce the lockdown measures.
These killing were higher than the COVID-19 deaths, whereas 400 Coronavirus cases were confirmed in the nation reporting 12 deaths of the fatal virus.
"Law enforcement agents extrajudicially executed 18 persons in the cause of the enforcement regulations," NHHRC said.
To see that the public in the nation follows the lockdown measures strictly, security forces, police and the army forces were deployed in the country by the authorities earlier.