I am Being Prostituted For Anal Sex By Prison Guards: 15-Year-Old Boy Sentenced To Death By Hanging Makes Video, Appeals To Borno Governor, Zulum For Clemency Or Quick Execution

September 8, 2023

SaharaReporters earlier reported that in a letter, 15-year-old Mustapha Abubakar requested speedy execution from the governor due to his plight in jail.

Ateenage boy sentenced to death by hanging has appealed to the Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, for clemency in a video.

SaharaReporters earlier reported that in a letter, 15-year-old Mustapha Abubakar requested speedy execution from the governor due to his plight in jail.

Abubakar lamented that he was being sexually abused by older inmates and warders.

In his letter exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, Abubakar of Cell 6, Unit 1, Cluster 2 at the Maiduguri Maximum Security Custodial Centre in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, urged the governor to sign his death warrant expeditiously if his appeal for clemency would not materialise “within a reasonable time frame”.

Abubakar was sentenced to death by hanging at age 14 after he was reportedly lured into a get-rich-quick scheme through kidnapping for ransom led to the death of the hostage.

The teenage boy who is the youngest inmate at the facility is on death row awaiting execution at the facility along with 81 men and two women.

In the video Abubakar in which Abubakar spoke in Hausa, which was exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters, the minor appealed to the governor for clemency.

He said, "Peace be upon you all. I'm appealing to the governor through this medium.

"I wholeheartedly agree that I committed the crime. I'm pleading with the governor for leniency because I'm the only child of a single parent (mother); my dad is dead. Please, have compassion on me regarding this matter. My father is dead; I only have my mother. I made this video on September 1, 2023."

In his letter, he lamented being "prostituted, subjected to physical, mental and unprotected sexual abuse from the older inmates and perverted warders."

According to him, he would have committed suicide if not that his religion forbids it.

He lamented that it "is highly irresponsible of the government to mix underage boys with older men and then not expect anything bad to happen."

"The juveniles here are like lamb in the midst of wolves," he said.

Abubakar also said in his letter: "Right now, I believe I may have already contracted the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV); that can progress to full-blown Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) through unprotected anal sex from a sick inmate who was imposed on me by a prison love-vendor.

"This, in itself would make the second time a death sentence has been given to me.

"Through this open letter, I wish to draw the attention of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) to respond as a matter of urgent national interest to what might become an epidemic starting from the Correctional facilities in Nigeria where sodomy without protection has become rampant.

"An inmate here, one Charles Okah, has even advised the authorities to provide condoms to inmates so that those engaged in anal sex secretly can protect themselves instead of pretending that all is normal. The same man also asked the authorities to put a stop to the sharing of sharp objects by inmates and staff alike for shaving, and nail cutting.

"There was also nothing stated in my judgement that during this waiting period, I would be on forced/slave labour in prison. Especially during the groundnut planting season, the inmates are forced to toil in the privately owned plots of farmland the warders have allotted to themselves inside the prison yard. They are made to work under the blazing sun and in the end, harvest crops for free.

"There was nowhere in my judgement that says when in the MMSCC, I should be denied medical attention when needed. The only thing dispensed at the infirmary are excuses. This has left the inmates to help themselves through self-medication with disastrous results.

"In fact, warders actually buy medicines and give certain inmates to retail and hawk for them when these inmates haven't been given any formal training on drug prescription. Drug abuse has become commonplace in the center. What is worrisome is that whenever drugs do arrive, staff, who are under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) are the major beneficiaries."

SaharaReporters earlier reported that Abubakar said in his youthful exuberance, he "allowed greed, and sheer stupidity on my part, to be lured into a get-rich-quick scheme of kidnapping for ransom in order to buy a power bike. Unfortunately, not only did the plan backfire, it led to the untimely death of the hostage, a fellow human being who had medical complications without our knowledge at the time."

He further said, "I am remorseful. Oftentimes in my quiet time, I reflect over the trajectory my life has taken. While my mates in secondary schools are preparing for exams toward a meaningful future, I am here languishing in prison at the outset of my life, waiting for the hangman's noose.

"I feel ashamed of what I have done and sad to have let my family, friends, relatives and country down. Had I followed the right part, perhaps I would have turned out to be a surgeon; a dream I had once nurtured.

"But I also sense that if given another chance, my deteriorating health permitting, I will turn out to be a wiser and productive citizen. With one stroke of your pen, my derailed life can be back on track.

"Your Excellency, I use this medium to plead for clemency within a reasonable time frame. I also plead on behalf of the other inmates on death row who had sent you a letter through the authorities of this centre which was never acknowledged because it probably was not delivered to you in the first place.

"Your Excellency, if clemency for me within a reasonable time frame is an absolute impossibility, then I will request your Excellency to please be kind enough to sign my death warrant expeditiously instead of the current trend of a perpetual wait for execution day, coupled with the stress and abuses from the prison warders who still operate with a punitive and repressive mindset.

"My judgement was rendered in simple and unequivocal language which I understood clearly. Nothing was stated throughout the reading by the honourable judge that while waiting on death row indefinitely in Maiduguri Maximum Security Custodial Centre, I should be prostituted, and subjected to physical, mental and unprotected sexual abuse from the older inmates and perverted warders.

"It is only because my religion forbids it, that I have not yet taken my life with my own hands."

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zangaozanga:
How is a minor in an adult correctional prison, Nigerian government is completely totally finish

clinician2x:
A 15 year old black monkey in hell.

chigoziri2403:
Nigeria prisons are the definition of hell

charlesdinho:
i pity the boy but hope your religion permits you to go into kidnapping since it frowns at suicide? but what the fvck is wrong with those useless and godforsaken homos£xuals? very useless sets of deranged idiots. if you are a gay, thunder fire your papa

Fountainofyouth:



Are prisons suppose to be from heaven?

chigoziri2403:


Its obvious you had a dysfunctional education if you have never heard of metaphor and simile

Solsix:
The only child of a single mom on a death row nawa

zangaozanga:
How is a minor in an adult correctional prison, Nigerian government is completely totally finish

Fountainofyouth:



It's obvious you have a dysfunctional brain for you to insult someone just cos they do not agree with your comment.

chigoziri2403:


Next time, just read and pass, it's not necessary to comment on something you can't comprehend... It's that okay, now run along and go be useful in the kitchen by washing plates

Creamypie:
If I be zulum, I go sign it. Useless boy. Any person responsible for murder should be killed immediately after judgment. Bastard boy. He says he didnt know the victim had health complications leading to his death. If a Victim who has health complications dies in custody of kidnappers.or do kidnappers ask of health status of victims? If they were informed by victims, will they be released?it takes a full grown adult to enter Into criminality, such as murder, kidnap. No excuse. He should be shot dead for the pain he caused others

Fountainofyouth:



The interesting thing about the Internet is that you can't control what anyone choose to do on their phone, meaning I can quote your stupid ass as much as I can unhindered, especially when it shows in your comment that you are too dull and empty to reason like a sane person,

And at bolded refers to your mother, cos it clearly shows she wasn't useful beyond the kitchen.

chigoziri2403:

Thank god I have a mother, you are a product of anal 3some, how will you know your mother

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