We mark the twenty-first anniversary of the tragic extrajudicial killing of the Apo Six - a deep stain on the conscience of Nigeria.
Twenty-one years after one of Nigeria’s most notorious cases of extrajudicial killing, the quest for full justice continues, while the lessons of accountability, police reform, and respect for human rights remain as urgent as ever.
We mark the twenty-first anniversary of the tragic extrajudicial killing of the Apo Six - a deep stain on the conscience of Nigeria. We must never forget.
Twenty-one years after the cold-blooded murder of six innocent young people - five traders and a young woman known collectively as the Apo Six - their story remains one of the most chilling examples of police brutality, abuse of power, impunity, and the unfinished search for justice in Nigeria.
The victims - Ifemanyi Ozor, Chinedu Meniru, Anthony Nwokike, Paulinus Ogbonna, Ekene Isaac Mgbe, and Augustina (Tina) Arebu - were not armed robbers as the police initially claimed. They were ordinary young people whose lives were brutally cut short on the night of June 7–8, 2005.
