Luck, however, shone on Calistus, who had
spent twenty three years as an awaiting trial
inmate and another 16 years on the death row,
as a France-based human rights group, Avocats
Sans Frontieres, ASFF, also known as ‘Lawyers
Without Borders France’, intervened and he was pardoned by the Edo state government and his
release was approved from prison. Prior to 1989, Calistus Ike, the first son and
bread winner of his family at that time had
dreamt of becoming a very successful business
man had unfortunately had all his dreams
quashed. He narrated his ordeal to Vanguard: “The
unfortunate thing is that some of the people I left
in prison did not even have a case-file. Some of
them had stayed as awaiting-trial inmates for
more than 10 years. It happened to me in the
year 1989. I was resident in Benin, the Edo state capital. There was a man that lived in the same
compound with me. His wife had stomach
problem and he asked me to lead him to
somewhere to collect a root (herbal medicine) for
his wife. “We went there about 5pm. After escorting
him to the place where he collected the
medicine, I returned to my house. The next
day, I went to do my business. I did not
know that the same man had engaged
police to look for me and the other man that gave him the root, a man I didn’t even
know. When I heard that police came to
look for me, I inquired about the station
they came from and went there myself. ”I
reported myself and asked why they came
to look for me. “They told me that there was an allegation
that I conspired with the man we collected
medicine from his house and broke into my
neighbour’s house- who was the same man
I accompanied to get the roots for his wife-
and stole his properties. “I never knew that they had equally arrested
the man that gave us the root. “Thereafter, the policeman handling the
case insisted that I must write a
confessional statement otherwise he would
deal with me. I refused to write anything. I
told him that I would only narrate the exact
thing that happened. "It was at that juncture that he started
beating me with ‘Koboko’. He flogged me
mercilessly that day. I was tortured until the
D.P.O in charge of the station asked him to
stop and just take my statement. “After I gave them my statement, the same
policeman that flogged me, came back and
said that he could not find any evidence to
pin the alleged crime on me. He said that
he had concluded all the investigations and
found nothing against me. "However, he said I should give him N200
so that he would drop the case and allow
me to go home. Remember, we are talking
about 1989. As at that time, that amount
was big money to me. "So, I told him I had no such money to give
out. I stood my ground that I was innocent
of the charge and even asked them to take
me to court if indeed they thought that I had
a case to answer. “Within two days, the policeman took the
matter to court. We went to court, at the
Magistrate court, the policeman freed the
other man I was accused with and pinned
the whole charge on me. From the
Magistrate court, he took me to the Military Tribunal where the case changed overnight.
From the original allegation of ‘burglary and
theft’, I was charged with armed robbery.
Whereas the Policeman and that my
compound man whose properties were
allegedly stolen, as well as his wife, testified before Tribunal, I had no one to
testify for me. I was left with only God and
no one else. “After a long run of the trial, I was convicted
and sentenced to death for a crime I never
committed or even imagined. I never for
once had such dream for my life, but I was
condemned to death. Nonetheless, my faith
in God never wavered, I kept asking him to vindicate me. I was in death sentence cell
in Edo state for over 14 years. After then, I
was transferred to Enugu prison. “One day, I was there, inside the prison
with other inmates when information got to
me that there were some people from
France that were helping inmates in Benin
prison. I quickly called my brother and
asked him to take my plight to those people, maybe they could help me to regain
my freedom. By the special grace of God,
within three months, I was let loose from
the grip of the wicked of this world and I
thank God for it. What I however want
Nigerians to know is that there is great level of injustice in our judiciary and because of
that, many innocent people have died for
crimes they never committed. “Some of our lawyers are not helping
matters. All they are interested in is money.
Some cases they know they don’t have the
capacity to handle they will just force
themselves into them and their clients will
be condemned and killed. Before my very eyes, I witnessed executions that took the
lives of over 48 young and energetic men
and women. It is a painful thing to
experience. “I was released in 2012. After I was
arrested in 1989, I stayed as awaiting trial
inmate for seven years, and stayed on
death row for 16 years. My case did not go
up to the Supreme Court. It was tried by the
military tribunal so I didn’t even have the opportunity to go on appeal. My experience
in the prison was very traumatic. That place
is hell on earth! Some of the prison warders
are very wicked- even though there are
some good ones too. The bad ones are
tormentors. They torment inmates at will. The food inside there is nothing to write
home about. Roofs of some of the cells
leak badly when it rains. “It hurts me when I see them on TV
claiming that they are reforming the
prisons. I am telling you today that they are
doing nothing. Anyone that is so convinced
that our prisons are better now should
volunteer and spend a weekend inside any of our prisons. The hardship inside there is
better imagined than experienced. I saw
hell! If the government gets up now and say
they are reforming prisons, they are doing
nothing! I am saying this because I
experienced it for 16 years on the death row,” he concluded.

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I wonder what that Policeman gained from this wicked act

ChristineC: Luck, however, shone on Calistus, who had
spent twenty three years as an awaiting trial
inmate and another 16 years on the death row,
as a France-based human rights group, Avocats
Sans Frontieres, ASFF, also known as ‘Lawyers
Without Borders France’, intervened and he was pardoned by the Edo state government and his
release was approved from prison. Prior to 1989, Calistus Ike, the first son and
bread winner of his family at that time had
dreamt of becoming a very successful business
man had unfortunately had all his dreams
quashed. He narrated his ordeal to Vanguard: “The
unfortunate thing is that some of the people I left
in prison did not even have a case-file. Some of
them had stayed as awaiting-trial inmates for
more than 10 years. It happened to me in the
year 1989. I was resident in Benin, the Edo state capital. There was a man that lived in the same
compound with me. His wife had stomach
problem and he asked me to lead him to
somewhere to collect a root (herbal medicine) for
his wife. “We went there about 5pm. After escorting
him to the place where he collected the
medicine, I returned to my house. The next
day, I went to do my business. I did not
know that the same man had engaged
police to look for me and the other man that gave him the root, a man I didn’t even
know. When I heard that police came to
look for me, I inquired about the station
they came from and went there myself. ”I
reported myself and asked why they came
to look for me. “They told me that there was an allegation
that I conspired with the man we collected
medicine from his house and broke into my
neighbour’s house- who was the same man
I accompanied to get the roots for his wife-
and stole his properties. “I never knew that they had equally arrested
the man that gave us the root. “Thereafter, the policeman handling the
case insisted that I must write a
confessional statement otherwise he would
deal with me. I refused to write anything. I
told him that I would only narrate the exact
thing that happened. "It was at that juncture that he started
beating me with ‘Koboko’. He flogged me
mercilessly that day. I was tortured until the
D.P.O in charge of the station asked him to
stop and just take my statement. “After I gave them my statement, the same
policeman that flogged me, came back and
said that he could not find any evidence to
pin the alleged crime on me. He said that
he had concluded all the investigations and
found nothing against me. "However, he said I should give him N200
so that he would drop the case and allow
me to go home. Remember, we are talking
about 1989. As at that time, that amount
was big money to me. "So, I told him I had no such money to give
out. I stood my ground that I was innocent
of the charge and even asked them to take
me to court if indeed they thought that I had
a case to answer. “Within two days, the policeman took the
matter to court. We went to court, at the
Magistrate court, the policeman freed the
other man I was accused with and pinned
the whole charge on me. From the
Magistrate court, he took me to the Military Tribunal where the case changed overnight.
From the original allegation of ‘burglary and
theft’, I was charged with armed robbery.
Whereas the Policeman and that my
compound man whose properties were
allegedly stolen, as well as his wife, testified before Tribunal, I had no one to
testify for me. I was left with only God and
no one else. “After a long run of the trial, I was convicted
and sentenced to death for a crime I never
committed or even imagined. I never for
once had such dream for my life, but I was
condemned to death. [b]Nonetheless, my faith
in God never wavered, I kept asking him to vindicate me. [/b]I was in death sentence cell
in Edo state for over 14 years. After then, I
was transferred to Enugu prison. “One day, I was there, inside the prison
with other inmates when information got to
me that there were some people from
France that were helping inmates in Benin
prison. I quickly called my brother and
asked him to take my plight to those people, maybe they could help me to regain
my freedom. By the special grace of God,
within three months, I was let loose from
the grip of the wicked of this world and I
thank God for it. What I however want
Nigerians to know is that there is great level of injustice in our judiciary and because of
that, many innocent people have died for
crimes they never committed. “Some of our lawyers are not helping
matters. All they are interested in is money.
Some cases they know they don’t have the
capacity to handle they will just force
themselves into them and their clients will
be condemned and killed. Before my very eyes, I witnessed executions that took the
lives of over 48 young and energetic men
and women. It is a painful thing to
experience. “I was released in 2012. After I was
arrested in 1989, I stayed as awaiting trial
inmate for seven years, and stayed on
death row for 16 years. My case did not go
up to the Supreme Court. It was tried by the
military tribunal so I didn’t even have the opportunity to go on appeal. My experience
in the prison was very traumatic. That place
is hell on earth! Some of the prison warders
are very wicked- even though there are
some good ones too. The bad ones are
tormentors. They torment inmates at will. The food inside there is nothing to write
home about. Roofs of some of the cells
leak badly when it rains. “It hurts me when I see them on TV
claiming that they are reforming the
prisons. I am telling you today that they are
doing nothing. Anyone that is so convinced
that our prisons are better now should
volunteer and spend a weekend inside any of our prisons. The hardship inside there is
better imagined than experienced. I saw
hell! If the government gets up now and say
they are reforming prisons, they are doing
nothing! I am saying this because I
experienced it for 16 years on the death row,” he concluded.

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Delay is never denial

Just waiting

There are some certain things you read, you get put off. Then you question, why is there so much wickedness in the world?..hmm

I remember one day when my father was taken to cell for a crime he knew nothing about from the office. When he was in police custody he was taken into the DPO office he luckily saw his case file...... Guess what he was charged for ?..
We Thank God everything is now okay. Nigerian Police are wicked just cooking up cases so you can go to prison. Wicked People

Jackeeh:


Delay is never denial

bros this kind delay get as e be ooo...
I no wish me enemy sef this type since 1989 God forbid

macsika: Just waiting

waiting for what FP

SailorXY:
bros this kind delay get as e be ooo...
I no wish me enemy sef this type since 1989 God forbid

Buh he's out now, isn't he? That's what matters most

Jackeeh:

Buh he's out now, isn't he? That's what matters most

you are making it sound like all those wasted years is just like sleep tonight & open your eyes the next morning...
anyway, we thank God he could @ least share his story with his own mouth

ThankGod for his life. NPF can do wonders...I don't trust those peeps @all. I remember once reporting someone for theft, and they said I accused the person of attempted murder.
They even had the guts to ask me to cooperate, that when they charge him to court....
Blablabla, the proceeds from his bail and shii would be much, so I would get my share.
I got so angry, all I wanted was for the guy to give me back my fone...had to drop the case. Can't accuse someone of such a big offense biko...even though the guy is a theif.

ChristineC:
I wonder what that Policeman gained from this wicked act

Good evening, Sorry to bother you by this time. Please I need financial support from you. Any lil amount you can help me with.

I'm really financially handicapped and desperation want to set in. Lest it happens, that's why I'm seeking help from you. Maybe 1k or 2k or any amount. Please

Once again, pardon me for bothering by this time.

That is why the unknown Gunmen is dealing with them today.

.. and Zoogerians want to live happily and think the Zoo will prosper.

If you know how many people don curse una country ehn. If you know how many lives this kwantry don waste, you'll declare national 6-6 fasting for 1 year.

Break Nigeria, break the curse. Black man., use your brain.

Funny enough, the man who accused him of breaking into his house and the #200 demanding policeman may not be here in this planet anymore...what does it take humans to be human to others,be good to others and leave with their consciences,knowing fully well that we all are departing from this planet at some point in time.