In connection with the murder of six civilians in 2005, two former Nigerian policemen have been sentenced to death.

According to Ceoafrica, the killing of the Apo Six became notorious as the police initially tried to cover up the deaths, saying that the victims were armed robbers who had opened fire first.

But a judicial panel of inquiry set up by former President Olusegun Obasanjo rejected the police's story and the government apologised on behalf of the police for their killings. 

Ezekiel Achejene and Emmanuel Baba were convicted but three other policemen, Danjuma Ibrahim, Nicholas Zakaria and Sadiq Salami were freed.

Achejene and Baba were found guilty of murdering two of the six.