 And there has been a huge consequence to our efforts at combating violence in southeast Nigeria. Security forces have committed a catalogue of human rights violations and crimes under international law. The evidence gathered by Amnesty International paints a damning picture of ruthless excessive force by Nigerian security forces in Imo, Anambra and Abia states. And that's according to Osai Ojigou, the country director at the organization. They are of the opinion that Nigeria's government has responded with a heavy hand to killings and violence in that part of the country. Eyewitnesses told Amnesty International that the security forces have engaged in excessive use of force, physical abuse, secret detentions, extortion, burning of houses, theft and extrajudicial executions of suspects. The organization documented 52 incidents of unlawful killings and 62 cases of a butchery arrest, ill treatment and torture.