How woman who reported case to police ended up in prison
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A few days after celebrating her 50th birthday, Olapeju Okafor ended up in prison. Her journey to the female holding facility of the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Kirikiri, Lagos, began on the day she complained to a police station against a local beer retailer.
It turned out, to her chagrin, that the retailer wields enormous influence among the police.
“I didn’t commit any crime, I only went to the police station to report a beer seller in my area that the police should warn her,” Mrs Okafor, now 52, told PREMIUM TIMES.