Last updated: 13 august, 2009 - 16:25 GMT

Nigeria's police force

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The head of Nigeria's human rights commission has called the police force the worst violator of human rights in the country.

Roland Ewubare told parliamentarians that ignorance of the most basic freedoms made it easier for police officers to trample people's rights with impunity.

The recent death in custody of the captured leader of Boko Harem, a militant Islamist group, has added fuel to the controversy.

From Abuja Focus on Africa's Chris Ewokor reports.

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