Nigeria: Family Counters Army’s Account, Alleges Unlawful Killing of Corps Member in Abuja

The family said the Nigerian Army’s narrative describing an exchange of gunfire during a pursuit of armed robbers was “false, misleading, and an affront to the memory of an innocent young man.”

The family of Abdulsamad Jamiu, a 24-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, has issued a detailed rebuttal to the Nigerian Army’s account of the events that led to his death in the early hours of 25 April in Dei-Dei, Abuja, insisting he was unlawfully killed inside his home and not caught in a…