Bantai Amanda Naphtali, ABU, Zaria Law Clinic

Bantai Amanda Naphtali,
Faculty of Law 
ABU, Zaria.


To say that I am proud to be member of ABU Law Clinic is an understatement. More importantly, I am over joyed to be part of this Pre-trial detainees project. It has tremendously given me idea about the hell some citizens are living in. It is unfortunate that the hell some of those citizens are living in is not because they committed any wrong, they are just victims of our faulty administration of criminal justice system in Nigeria, while others are victims of circumstances.
Every ABU Clinician will tell you many more of this anywhere and anytime. 

It is saddening that more than half of prison inmates in Kaduna Convict Prisons as at the time we visited were Awaiting trial detainees. 

Furthermore, our judges are been used by some scrupulous elements in the Security Agencies to add to the plight of Nigerians and such has given room to those bad elements to enjoy forum shopping. In the Zaria prisons, we met a lady there and her crime was her refusal to accept a police officer who asked her out. The police officer framed illogical and baseless charge against her and took her to "his judge" that was many kilometers away from his station and the next place she found herself was prison. She was not allowed to say anything in court let alone defend herself. This is the Nigeria we are in today. 

I wouldn't have believed it if someone had told me that things like these were happening in our courts and prisons. But because of the Pre-trial Detainees Project, I had a firsthand experience. Hoping  to contribute a lot to humanity and yes I am glad I have started by being part of this project.

I am most grateful to NULAI for the privilege to participate in this project.



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