Nigeria Police Chief Orders Probe After Two Women Lynched by Mob in Kaduna

Nigeria Police Chief Orders Probe After Two Women Lynched by Mob in Kaduna

A Nigerian police chief has ordered an investigation into allegations that officers handed a female teacher over to a mob that killed her, just days after a separate mob dragged another woman from a police station and burned her alive.

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Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, ordered the investigation after human rights lawyer Hamza Dantani filed a formal petition over the killing of teacher Ummulkhair in Kaduna State [181111]. Dantani called for an “immediate, independent and thorough investigation” into the events leading to her death [181111]. The police chief’s order seeks to determine if officers were involved in handing her over to the crowd [181111].

Separately, a mob in Maraban Jos, a community along the Kaduna–Abuja highway in Kaduna State, seized a woman from police custody and burned her to death [178698]. Police stated the woman was a suspect in an alleged child theft case [178698]. The mob overpowered officers, dragged her from the station, and lynched her [178698]. The victim’s name has not been released [178698].

Child theft accusations often trigger mob violence in parts of Nigeria, despite frequent police warnings against taking the law into one’s own hands [178698]. Authorities are investigating both incidents [178698].

The cases have sparked public concern about police conduct and mob justice in the region [181111].

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