JOHANNESBURG – Amnesty International says police in Nigeria are killing civilians who don't pay them bribes.
In a report detailing research over three years, the London-based rights group says Nigerian police are poorly paid, and short on training and essentials including paper and pens.
But there's no apparent shortage of bullets used to kill civilians.
The Amnesty International report published Wednesday says those who cannot afford to pay bribes are at risk of being shot or tortured to death by the police.
National police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu says "extrajudicial killing is not approved in Nigeria." He says officers who use unlawful force are prosecuted. But he could not say how many officers have been prosecuted.