4/20 massacre

The Odi massacre was an attack carried out on November 20, 1999, by the Nigerian military on the predominantly Ijaw town of Odi in Bayelsa State.

It was estimated that thousand prisoners were gunned down in a massacre the following morning in their cells.

The report had also disclosed that there were 4,049 abduction cases within the period. Last week, 45 passengers in three 15-seater buses traveling from Otukpa in Banue State to Enugu State were abducted by bandits.