Posted by The military and police in the South East geopolitical zone are reported to have killed no less than 700 civilians, according to the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety).
This claim was made by the group in a statement distributed to journalists on Saturday.
Additionally, it said that in the area, 1,100 people had been detained.
It was mentioned that the murders happened between January and December of 2022.
The group made these declarations in a statement signed by the trio of Emeka Umeagbalasi, Board Chairman; Obianuju Joy Igboeli, Head, Civil Liberties and Rule of Law; and Chidinma Udegbunam, Head, Campaign and Publicity Department.
They stated that following operations by military and police crack squads, 220 persons in the area have vanished without a trace.
They also mentioned that between 50 and 60 of the 220 victims of disappearance were probably slain while being held captive by the military or the police.
Additionally, they claimed that 600 civilian residences worth billions of naira had been damaged by Nigerian military personnel in the previous year.
They added that throughout the time period under consideration, roughly 18,000 individuals were evicted from their ancestral houses while noting that the military never detained those who were terrorizing the area.
According to the statement, 700 civilians were killed and 1100 people were detained between January and December 2022 by the military and police forces stationed in the East.
“Not less than 220, or 20%, of the 1100 civilian arrests were kidnapped and vanished without a trace by army and policing crack teams. The aforementioned violations of the law, current operational ethics, and codes were committed by the specified security agencies.
“It was also discovered that those who were detained by soldiers ran a serious risk of never returning alive again for all time. Between 50 and 60 of the 220 victims of disappearance were probably slain while being held captive by the military or the police.
“Soldiers of the Nigerian military had also, in 12 months of 2022, burned down or destroyed no fewer than 600 defenceless civilian homes worth billions of naira and sacked over 18,000 from their ancestral homes.
“The Nigerian military, particularly the Army had never arrested or shot and killed a single Jihadist Fulani Herdsman in the Region in 2022, if not since 2016”.