By Jonathan Ugbal
No fewer than 200 persons have been killed extrajudicially with more suffering enforced disappearance perpetrated by the ‘Tiger Base,’ the anti-kidnapping unit of the Imo State Command of the Nigeria Police Force says a new report from the Coalition Against Tiger Base Impunity, CAPTI issued Monday, in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory.
The extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances occurred between January 2021 and December 2025, reads the report titled; “The Tiger Base Files;Systematic Torture, Extrajudicial Killings, and the Collapse of Police Accountability in Imo State.”
It documents at least 200 deaths in police custody within the same period while adding that many more unreported cases remain hidden within the facility’s walls.
The report exposes executions which largely occur at night, torture chambers, defying Court orders as well as promotion and recognition of Senior Officers such as ACP Oladimeji Adeyeyiwa who was honored as “Best Crime Buster of the Year 2024″ as the norm amidst cries for justice from victims.
Several rights groups including Amnesty International Nigeria and the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre, RULAAC, among others have consistently called for the immediate disbandment of the unit.
However, the Nigerian Police has consistently defended the unit. A recent post by the force on its official Facebook page even asked people with ” credible” claims to forward same to it.
Read the report below or click here to download it…