BBC Africa Eye has uncovered surprising video proof that torture is being utilized by a number of branches of the Nigerian police and armed forces.

Torture is illegitimate in Nigeria. However photos from social media present {that a} explicit type of torture – a method often known as ‘tabay’ – is broadly used within the interrogation and punishment of detainees, together with kids.

It can be on a report that in 2014 a senior police officer was concerned with the torture of a younger man who later died from his accidents.