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Nigerian authorities return police brutality activist’s passport

Nigerian authorities return police brutality activist’s passport

LIBBY GEORGE NIGERIAN immigration officials returned the passport of a prominent activist against police brutality after it was seized when she tried to leave the country last week, the activist said on Monday. Modupe Odele, second from right. Picture: Facebook Thousands of people took to the streets last month in anti-police protests. The demonstrations climaxed on October 20 when security forces opened fire and killed at least 12 protesters in Lagos, according to witnesses and Amnesty International. The army and police have denied the killings. Modupe Odele, a lawyer who has helped arrange legal defence for the protesters, said last…
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Police brutality activist says she was barred from leaving Nigeria

Police brutality activist says she was barred from leaving Nigeria

LIBBY GEORGE  NIGERIAN immigration officials blocked a prominent anti-police brutality activist from leaving the country and confiscated her passport, she has told Reuters. There was no immediate response from immigration authorities to requests for comment on the assertion by Modupe Odele, a lawyer who has helped arrange legal defence for protesters campaigning against police violence. Odele said that when she tried to board an international flight at Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos on Nov. 1, immigration authorities told her that she was under military investigation and thus barred from leaving Nigeria. When she met immigration authorities on November 3, they…
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