![]() The military may hold children for short periods in local prisons or detention facilities, but eventually transfers most of the children to the Giwa military barracks in Maiduguri, the main military detention facility in Borno State.Ĭhildren detained at Giwa barracks described squalid, severely overcrowded conditions. One boy told Human Rights Watch he was arrested and detained for more than two years for allegedly selling yams to Boko Haram members. ![]() In many cases, authorities arrest children with little or no evidence. Government forces apprehend children they suspect of Boko Haram involvement in a variety of ways: during security sweeps, military operations, screening procedures outside of camps for internally displaced persons, and based on information provided by informants. The Nigerian military has arrested and detained thousands of children, some as young as five, for suspected involvement with the armed Islamist group Jama'atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda'awati wal-Jihad, which in Arabic means “people committed to the propagation of the Prophet’s teaching.” The group, more commonly known as Boko Haram, has engaged in a deadly insurgency against the Nigerian state since 2009. “Abdulsalam,” detained for nearly a year at Giwa barracks at age 17 in 2017 There was nothing good about my experience in detention. I also do not like the military because they detained me for no reason. I am not happy with Boko Haram because they killed my people.
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