Nigerian police accused of abusing prostitution suspects
09 May 2019 |
11:29 am
Hundreds of men and women marched through Nigeria's capital Abuja to protest a recent raid by policemen who arrested women in night clubs and other areas on suspicion of prostitution, and then allegedly assaulted and raped some of them while in custody.
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