A/HRC/7/3/Add.4 page 25 Appendix I PLACES OF DETENTION - INDIVIDUAL CASES Introduction 1. The following accounts are based on allegations by detainees while being interviewed by the Special Rapporteur. If detainees requested confidentiality, their allegations are not contained in the present appendix. 2. The Special Rapporteur conducted visits to detention facilities unannounced and was able to hold private interviews with detainees, in general. It should be mentioned that the Government on its own initiative organized a programme, including visits to a number of facilities (e.g. Kuje Prison, and Force CID, Garki) which the Special Rapporteur subsequently visited unannounced. While detainees in such facilities reported that they were aware of the visit, that the facilities were cleaned in advance, and at Force CID, Garki most detainees were allegedly transferred away before the visit of the Special Rapporteur, these incidences had no impact on the subsequent findings. The individual case histories are based on well-substantiated allegations of detainees. In many cases allegations of torture or ill-treatment were corroborated by medical evidence. I. STATE SECURITY SERVICES (Visited on 4 and 8 March 2007) 3. On 4 and 8 March, the Special Rapporteur attempted to visit the detention facility at the headquarters of the State Security Services (SSS) in Abuja. On 8 March, he also tried to visit the State Security Services’ detention facility in Kaduna. On all three occasions he was refused entry. This denial of access constitutes a deliberate and flagrant violation of the terms of reference for the visit agreed upon by the Government. Since he received credible allegations of torture by this intelligence agency, the denial of his right to assess for himself the allegations by inspecting unannounced the facilities and interviewing detainees in private leads him to strongly suspect that the authorities wished to conceal evidence. On the last day of the mission, the Special Rapporteur met representatives of the SSS: Mr. S. Agbase, Director of Enforcement, Mr. Ibrahim Bakut, Director of Administration, and Mr. Felix Ikumapayi. In the course of this meeting it was confirmed that the facility in Kaduna contains detention cells, which the authorities there (i.e. Mr. Musa Tbautum, Officer in Charge and Mr. Baba Thomas, Assistant to the Officer in Charge) had earlier denied and was reason for the denial of access. II. KUJE MEDIUM SECURITY PRISON, KUJE, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (Visited on 4 March 2007) 4. Kuje Medium Security Prison is located on the outskirts of Abuja. Originally an 80 bed facility, its current official capacity is 320 inmates. On the day of the visit, 529 prisoners were detained there. Ninety-one percent were awaiting trial prisoners; and of these 62 per cent