The arrest and trial of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the outlawed IPOB, is going to dominate the news for many months to come. The trial promises to be a cause celebre, one of those rare cases in which politics, criminality and sensation are mixed with high drama. It is indeed a fitting irony that Kanu, despite his frenzied rhetoric, including referring to his country as a zoo, he was still sober enough to carry a Nigerian passport. We look forward to many more sting operations that would bring to justice leaders of Boko Haram terrorist group and other outlaw organisations.
#EndSARS protester released from eight-month incarceration premiumtimesng.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from premiumtimesng.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Human Rights Lawyer Demands Release Of #EndSARS Protester, Nicholas Mbah
Mbah’s health conditions have deteriorated as the authorities of Kirikiri Prison where he is being kept, have denied him access to proper medical care.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 22, 2021
A human rights lawyer, Ayo Ademiluyi has faulted the Lagos State Police Command for remanding an #EndSARS protester, Nicholas Mbah after cooking up robbery and arson allegations against him.
Ademiluyi revealed that Mbah’s health conditions have deteriorated as the authorities of Kirikiri Prison where he is being kept, have denied him access to proper medical care.
The lawyer disclosed this in a statement entitled: Release Nicholas Mbah, #EndSARS Protester Still In Kirikiri Prison Custody Now .
Flawed Justice System: Awaiting Trial Inmates’ Feeding Gulps N7.6bn Annually
In the last couple of years, overcrowding in Nigeria custodial centres has become a great burden on the justice system. In this investigation, JULIANA FRANCIS examines the staggering amount of taxpayers’ money spent on awaiting trial inmates, arising from poor administration of the justice system
by JULIANA FRANCIS
Apr 12, 2021
Kevin Odu, 32, has been in prison since February last year. He was arrested by proxy, arraigned and remanded for a crime allegedly committed by his kinsman who lived with him.
“He stole my neighbour’s laptop and generator and disappeared. I was arrested because police couldn’t find him,” Odu said.
Punch Newspapers
Sections
Oladimeji Ramon
Published 13 March 2021
The Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing allegations of human rights abuses against the disbanded police Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Saturday gave a cheque of N7.5m to a 40-year-old man, Marc Nwadi, unduly incarcerated for six years in at the Kirikiri prison without trial.
Nwadi had during his appearance before the retired Justice Doris Okuwobi-led panel recounted how his inability to pay a bribe of N10,000 to policemen in the Idimu area of Lagos led him to prison where he spent six years unjustly.
In her ruling on Saturday, Justice Okuwobi said “The petitioner was incarcerated in the prime of his life without justification for six years and was never tried or sentenced for any crime despite enduring a long six-year stay in prison and losing a vital part of his youth and opportunities.