Nigeria, Dec. 27 -- A civil society organisation, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC), has petitioned Nigeria's Inspector-General of Police (IGP), calling for an independent review into the death of a 19-year-old in Enugu State following contradictory official police conclusions on whether the teenager was murdered or died of natural causes.

In a petition dated 26 December and shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Friday, the organisation said its intervention is not based on a definitive finding of homicide, but on what it described as the failure of the Nigeria Police Force to transparently reconcile conflicting investigative outcomes reached by different police units.

RULAAC said the contradictions are institutionally sign...