In October 2023, Wasiu, a 30 years old man from Ogun state was on his way to buy garri when he was raided and arrested by the police. They inquired if he knew a particular person and he claimed he has no idea who the person is, the police accused him of lying and detained him for two months without any charge or contact with his family as his phone was seized.
On December 29 2023, a superior Police officer ordered that all detainees be taken to court, Wasiu was arraigned and charged with the offence of conspiracy, belonging to an unlawful assembly and public breach of peace. Wasiu was in tears when he was brought to the court where he met our lawyer who took up his case and applied for his bail.
His bail could not be perfected until after two weeks when we reached out to his family who were already worried and have been looking for him without success.
Wasiu spent two months at the police station without being charged to court and 9months in prison without trial because the IPO who was the witness in his case also failed to show up in court after arraignment.
On September 6,2024, our lawyer applied for the case to be struck out and the application was granted, Wasiu finally regained his freedom after almost 1 year in detention.
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