Nigeria 'uses torture officers to extract confessions'

This teenage boy arrested for being a suspected militant had melted plastic poured on his back in 2013

Torture has become such an integral part of policing in Nigeria that many stations have an informal torture officer, Amnesty International says.

Both the military and police use a wide range of torture methods including beatings, nail and teeth extractions and other sexual violence, it says.
One woman accused of theft in Lagos said she was sexually assaulted, and had tear gas sprayed into her vagina.
The Nigerian government has not yet responded to the rights group's report.

People told Amnesty about a form of water torture in which hot and cold water is poured on naked bodies

Entitled Welcome to Hell Fire, it says people are often detained in large dragnet operations and tortured as punishment, to extort money or to extract "confessions" as a way to solve cases.