Bakassi Boys

Also known as: Anambra State Vigilante Services, Anambra Vigilante Services
Based in NigeriaDefunct1998-2006SourcesBakassi Boys

Nigerian youth vigilante group active from 1998 to 2006, operating mainly in southeastern and south-southern Nigeria. They targeted armed robbers, ritual killers, and kidnappers, often using machetes and guns, and were accused of extrajudicial killings. The group claimed magical immunity to bullets and used a machete test to determine guilt. They later rebranded as Anambra Vigilante Services.

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