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Daily Post Nigeria Peter Obi, others fume as 15-year-old supporter languish in Kirikiri prison Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News Peter Obi, others fume as 15-year-old supporter languish in Kirikiri prison Published on April 10, 2025 By Ochogwu Sunday There is widespread anger regarding the case of Yusuf Alabi, a 15-year-old supporter of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi who has been held at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre since January this year. DAILY POST reports that Alabi became popular nationwide in 2023 when he was photographed standing bravely in front of Peter Obi’s convoy during a rally in Lagos. The still image from the event went viral and was seen and used by Obi’s supporters as a symbol of hope for Nigerian youths.
Reacting to his shocking detention, Peter Obi in a post on his official X handle expressed deep concern over the boy’s prolonged detention, urging relevant authorities to uphold the rule of law. The former Anambra Governor said he contacted a lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, “who, luckily, has been actively working to intensify his release”. Obi appealed to the Nigeria Police and other government agents to “always operate within the law and the rules and stop weaponizing citizens, especially our youths”.
The lawyer, Effiong on Wednesday visited the facility where the young boy is being held and shared an update in a statement on his Facebook page. After thoroughly interviewing him, Effiong said the boy was abducted by some ‘area boys’ in January this year near his home while he was returning from work. He said prior to the ‘abduction’, the area boys had been threatening Alabi over a “share of the unexpected fortune that came his way when he halted and stood in front of Obi’s convoy during the last electioneering campaign”.
“Since he failed to properly “settle” some people, it has been one attack to another”, Effiong stated. The lawyer revealed that after Alabi was abducted, the area boys, “who have been threatening to deal with Alabi for not sharing the money he was gifted, dragged him to the Amukoko Police Station (Pako Police Station) where he was detained. “The area boys initially claimed that Alabi was one of the young men who has been involved in street fights.
“However, it came as a rude shock when the Police took him before a Magistrate along with four other individuals who are complete strangers to him, alleging that he conspired with them to commit “Armed Robbery” with cutlasses. “The Police in the charge sheet alleged that the alleged two victims were robbed of money and four mobile phones. “The value of both the physical cash and four phones is N579,000 only.
“I spent about two hours interviewing Alabi about the veracity of the charges brought by the police. Speaking objectively, we all left Kirikiri with a strong conviction that this gentleman is just another victim of Nigeria’s criminal justice system”. Also reacting to the unfortunate developments, an activist lawyer, Deji Adeyanju in a post on his Facebook page said “this is the normal daily reality in Nigeria”.
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