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Ten years after, young man awaits trial at Kirikiri ―Punch

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VICTOR AYENI writes about the continuous detention of a 29-year-old man, Chidozie Ajokuji, 10 years after he was arrested as a teenager for robbery in 2014. Behind the iron bars of the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos, 29-year-old Chidozie Ajokujie was lost in his thoughts of hopelessness as life in the outside world has become […]

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Nigerian Bishop arraigned for allegedly raping 2 church members, remanded in Kirikiri

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Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria, on Monday, April 17, remanded a clergyman, Bishop Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, for allegedly raping two of his church members. Oluwafeyiropo, who is the founder of ‘I Reign Christian Ministry’, was remanded in Kirikiri correctional centre pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. The suspect […]

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Lagos CJ frees 33 inmates from Ikoyi, Kirikiri prisons

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Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, on Wednesday granted amnesty to 33 inmates of three custodial centres in the state. The inmates were pardoned at an open court session presided over by the Chief Judge on the premises of the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Ogba. Eight of the inmates were released from […]

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