DEPS: INCIDENTS OF POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA

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• Document Creation Date: March 16, 2022
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2016
• Case Number: F-2016-00392
• Publication Date: January 29, 2007

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SUBJECT: DEPS: INCIDENTS OF POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE IN
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DIST: 29 JANUARY 2007
COUNTRY: NIGERIA
SUBJ: DEPS: INCIDENTS OF POLITICALLY SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE IN
NIGERIA
DOI: LATE DECEMBER 2006 - EARLY JANUARY 2007
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2. ON 21 DECEMBER 2006, UNIDENTIFIED ARMED INDIVIDUALS ATTACKED
THE RESIDENCE OF THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT OF VICE PRESIDENT ATIKU
((ABUBAKAR)). THESE INDIVIDUALS SHOT AND WOUNDED A POLICE OFFICER
AND DOMESTIC STAFF MEMBER OF THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT. NIGERIAN POLICE
AUTHORITIES HAD NOT APPREHENDED THE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AS OF
LATE DECEMBER 2006.
3. ON 2 JANUARY 2007, NIGERIAN POLICE
ABORTED A PLANNED VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION BY
YOUTHS IN POTISKUM, YOBE STATE, TO PROTEST THE EXECUTION OF FORMER
IRAQI LEADER SADDAM HUSSEIN.
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