NCR
Lilian Otutu, now a business administration student, was arrested on suspicion of murder in September 2018 and was bundled off to a special anti-kidnapping squad jail, located just three miles from her home in Abakpa, in Enugu, Nigeria’s southeastern state.
At the police unit, Otutu found that five others had been arrested in connection to the same alleged crime. The six spent more than 50 days in the unit’s holding facility before their case was heard before the Enugu magistrate court.
“I was remanded in prison for an offense I know nothing about, and spent about one year awaiting trial,” Otutu, 41, told NCR.
“One of my friends was accused of killing somebody. But unfortunately, about six of us were arrested in connection to the case, including my friend who allegedly killed the man,” she said.
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