The National
Human Rights Commission, NHRC, yesterday, said its investigations revealed that
eight persons that were killed by a joint team of the Nigerian Army and
operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, at an uncompleted building
situated at the Apo District of the Federal Capital Territory on September 20,
2013, were not members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect as was alleged by
security agencies.
In a report it
released yesterday, the commission, which had earlier conducted a public
hearing on the matter, said there was no shred of evidence to show that the
deceased victims belonged to the dreaded Jama’atu ahlus sunnah lid da’awati wal
jihad, also known as Boko Haram.
