An independent investigation committee set up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has cleared the military of an allegation that it conducted forced abortions on thousands of women in the north-east.
However, the panel indicted some soldiers for setting ablaze a woman and three children in Borno state in 2016.
The incident occurred in Marte LGA of the north-eastern state.
The findings of the committee led by Abdu Aboki, a former supreme court justice, was sequel to reporting that the military forced women to have at least 10,000 abortions between 2013 and 2021.
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