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ADE ADESOMOJU highlights how disregardfor procedural law and safeguards have turned some chambers of justice into institutions helping police and some other law enforcement agencies to trample on citizens’ rights.
Life was not rosy but was bubbling with hope for MrAmbrose Obafe and his aged mother who were living together and eking out a living as subsistence farmers in Obiaruku in the Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State, one of the states in the oil rich Niger Delta.
The event of November 5, 2017 changed things from bad to worse for them.
That day, Obafe, then 37 years old, was arrested for beingpart of an armed robbery operation that took place in the town five month searlier.
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By Eoin McSweeney and Stephanie Busari, CNN
Updated 8:09 AM ET, Tue September 29, 2020 (CNN)An intense argument recorded and posted in a WhatsApp group has led to a death penalty sentence and a family torn apart over allegations of insulting Prophet Mohammed, according to lawyers for the defendant.
Music studio assistant Yahaya Sharif-Aminu was sentenced to death by hanging on August 10 after being convicted of blasphemy by an Islamic court in northern Nigeria.
The judgment document states that Sharif-Aminu, 22, was convicted for making a blasphemous statement against Prophet Mohammed in a WhatsApp Group, which is contrary to the Kano State Sharia Penal Code and is an offence which carries the death sentence.
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11:39 pm, Wed December 9, 2020
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck - file photo
Delroy Chuck
Justice Minister Delroy Chuck on Wednesday disclosed that the 195 mentally ill inmates in correctional facilities have been provided legal aid to handle their cases.
I am aware that mentally challenged/mentally ill persons pose a problem in the court system. May I let everyone know that all mentally ill persons have been afforded legal aid by the Legal Aid Council, Mr. Chuck announced.
Earlier this year, the government said action would be taken to prevent a repeat of the tragedy involving 81-year-old Noel Chambers, who died after 40 years in prison without trial.