The General Overseer of New Wine ministries, Nonnie Robertson, was at the Suleja prison over the weekend to celebrate her birthday and help people who committed petty crimes get bail.

During her visit, Robertson who is also the President of Nigerian Women in Clergy said she observed that children as young as 8 months old were seen incarcerated alongside their parents which she claimed isn’t right and should be looked into. See her quote below;

There is an eight-month-old baby in this prison. I asked myself why? What was the crime? The mother is incarcerated! And you know what it means for a child to grow up in prison environment where there is no good food, no clothing, no baby food, and no good medical care. Is a child who grows up in that kind of environment not condemned for life?
“I was really shocked when I saw the eight
month-old-baby. The woman lives on dry food, that is, garri that outsiders provide for
them. They don’t give them food. They depend on what people take to them. That is
what they share among them and they drink
garri even in the morning with little or no
sugar. You can just imagine! There are many
children living in this condition in Nigerian prisons but people would not know. There are issues. I weep for this country”.
"I always like to do things differently. I heard about what I could describe as ‘forgotten’ victims in Nigerian prisons; though I didn’t take it seriously because I was not led by the spirit; I prayed over it and few, days to my birthday, God asked me to visit prisons. The first prison that came to my mind was Kuje prison, because, ignorantly, I thought that was the only prison around. But we later went to Suleja prison and we met inmates whose cases were poverty-driven crimes. Some are there serving jail terms with the options of N5, 000 to N15, 000 fines but they can’t afford it and nobody to help. This is why I call them the ‘forgotten victims’.
“We have people that have looted billions of
naira in this country, yet they have their
freedom and sailing around the world. This
is sad”.



Source: http://xsouth.com/eight-month-old-baby-remanded-in-federal-prison-for-crime-committed-by-the-mother/

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GAWD
TAKE ME AWTA HERE

Arise zoo companshun Nigeria skul lobey
no be small skul lobey..

FlawlessRebirth2:
GAWD TAKE ME AWTA HERE

Where do u want him to take u to

McCarlito:

Where do u want him to take u to

.CANADA

FlawlessRebirth2:
.CANADA

U wan run leave naija for who

McCarlito:

U wan run leave naija for who

.UNA

Which prison is dat?

FlawlessRebirth2:
.UNA

So to comot from Nigeria no hungry us sef abi?
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McCarlito:

So to comot from Nigeria no hungry us sef abi?
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.DEM TELL YOU JUJU DE WORK FOR ME?

FlawlessRebirth2:
.DEM TELL YOU JUJU DE WORK FOR ME?

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Can't the government take care of children like that until their parents are out of prison?

if there isnt any family member/friend ready and willing to take care of the child, then let it stay with their mother until it is of sound age to go to an orphanage. the important age old question of HOW LONG SHOULD A MOTHER BREASTFEED HER CHILD

Flexherbal:
Can't the government take care of children like that until their parents are out of prison?

isnt it what the gov is actually doing?! lol