Nigerian man imprisoned for 8 years over mistaken identity & without trial
Published: 2013 March 30 13:28:59 (7601 Views)
A man who has been in prison without trial in a Nigerian prison for 8 years has finally been released.
Speaking with Daily Sun, Mrs. Samuel, a police corporal at Egbe Idimu Local Government Area, said she had tried to get her son released from prison – all to no avail.
Her son, who was 17 years old when he was arrested was to be arraigned over a charge for armed robbery in the name of another suspect, who also bears Paul Samuel but who had been arrested in 2010.
She stated that all her efforts to get her son out of prison were futile until she met a lawyer, Ahmed Kazeem-Adetola from a non-governmental organisation, Prisoners Right Advocacy Initiative.
Fortunately, his was able to clarify issues to the court. The court released him on the ground that he had been in prison without trial over the alleged offence of armed robbery for eight years.
Reliving the incidents that led to his imprisonment, Paul vowed to be careful about his choice of friends.
According to him, all he did was to greet a friend and he ended up in prison.
Reacting to the development, Paul’s lawyer, Kazeem-Adetola, noted that the problem of prison congestion stemmed from the Federal Government, Ministry of Justice and the Nigerian police.
"For instance, in this particular case, Paul Samuel’s file was mistaken for another’s with the same name. If they had done a thorough job, they would have seen that this Paul was arrested in 2005 while the other one was in 2010.
- SunNews
Speaking with Daily Sun, Mrs. Samuel, a police corporal at Egbe Idimu Local Government Area, said she had tried to get her son released from prison – all to no avail.
Her son, who was 17 years old when he was arrested was to be arraigned over a charge for armed robbery in the name of another suspect, who also bears Paul Samuel but who had been arrested in 2010.
She stated that all her efforts to get her son out of prison were futile until she met a lawyer, Ahmed Kazeem-Adetola from a non-governmental organisation, Prisoners Right Advocacy Initiative.
Fortunately, his was able to clarify issues to the court. The court released him on the ground that he had been in prison without trial over the alleged offence of armed robbery for eight years.
Reliving the incidents that led to his imprisonment, Paul vowed to be careful about his choice of friends.
According to him, all he did was to greet a friend and he ended up in prison.
Reacting to the development, Paul’s lawyer, Kazeem-Adetola, noted that the problem of prison congestion stemmed from the Federal Government, Ministry of Justice and the Nigerian police.
"For instance, in this particular case, Paul Samuel’s file was mistaken for another’s with the same name. If they had done a thorough job, they would have seen that this Paul was arrested in 2005 while the other one was in 2010.
- SunNews
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