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What? horrible!

Hmmm.... The biggest capitalist. UBA enslaved its workers for years and didn't pay well until this year. Many contract staff used as cheap labour while those at the top high filled their pockets through policies which favoured only them. Greed!

I can never envy such people. He also can never be my role model.

If proper investigation where to be carried out and the public notified, such people will not receive any public praise.

Mee234: Awaiting trial inmates.

Mehn see terms.

But this is horrible. Whys should awaiting trial inmates be subjected to such dehumanization? Anybody can be there for any reason. Take a simple scenario using a studen; you give a fellow student a lift in your car and he is found with substance like marijuana or your room mate is found with a stolen item. How are you going to explain your innocence? If you are unable to meet the demand of the IPO, you will be packaged together with the criminal and sent to court. Then the court may or may not grant bail and would want some sitting to hear the case before it can clear anyone. Then adjournment after adjournment and the innocent man languish in jail- Naija hell. There are a million and one reasons.

Naija we hail thee. Some of the innocent people will come out and be hardened if kept there for a long time under that condition.

Mee234: No Bros. I'm taking about prison yard where they hold ATM IMMATE. U can't tell the difference between night and day. Ask those that have been to iyagoku.

What is ATM inmates?

Desric: How real and how True is these pictures and story, if indeed it is the Truth, which cell or Prison yard is this? we need facts here, because this is an emergency matter and as such we should not be waiting for any media house to make it an issue for us, because its already as worst as it can be, and that on its own is already an issue.

We are the youths and leaders of today not tomorrow, we ve to help our generation. We are spending our time, resources, and energy everyday online, on the social media, we aren't joking here, we are doing serious business.

I beg the OP to please give us more facts on this issue so that we can call the attention of the relevant authorities. Once it goes viral on social media, even President Barrack Obama of the USA wouldn't have any choice than to react, thank you.

Nigerian prisons: Horrors that inmates face

Friday, 21 October 2011

Abba Moro, Minister of Interior

Prisons are ideally reformative institutions, but the case is different in Nigeria. Sulaimon Olanrewaju, Adebayo Waheed and Olalekan Olabulo write on the horrendous experiences by inmates of Nigerian prisons

A prison is not expected to be exactly a bed of roses as the inmates are there for penal purposes. But neither is it also supposed to be a bed of thorns and thistles meant to snuff life out of the occupants. However, for the 49,000 inmates in various Nigerian prisons (29,000 of whom are awaiting trial, while 856 are on death row), hell cannot be worse. The sanitary situation is not only repulsive but frighteningly demeaning and exposes the inmates to health hazards as inmates are forced to excrete in buckets and stay with their excreta for days. Feeding is a luxury, bathing a rarity, recreation zilch, reformation non-existent and privacy a privilege. Hence, most inmates leave the reformatory frail, fragile and with one debilitating disease or the other.

But that runs contrary to what the prison experience is meant to accomplish in the lives of those who transit through them. Prisons are essentially correctional and reformatory; they are not institutions for the dehumanisation of the incarcerated. According to the Nigerian Prison Act 1972, which spells out the goals and orientation of the Nigerian Prisons Service, prisons are charged with taking custody of those legally detained, identifying causes of their behaviour and retraining them to become useful citizens in the society. Apart from keeping inmates in custody, the prison officials hardly do any other thing as they are apparently not interested in the rationale behind the actions that got the inmates into prisons or bothered about retraining them.

In other climes, there is a difference between a jail and a prison; a jail is a transitional facility for those undergoing legal proceedings, those awaiting judgment on their trial. A prison, on the other hand, is for those whose judicial fate has been decided; those who have been convicted. Therefore, those whose trials are in progress and those whose trials have been decided should not ordinarily cohabit in the same facilities.

Nigerian Tribune findings revealed that the same correctional facilities are used both as jails and prisons in the country. There is no categorisation as those undergoing trial (called awaiting trial in local parlance), convicts and those already condemned to death are treated equally. They are all lumped together in various cells and stripped of their dignity. This is really because like all facilities in the country, the prisons amenities have been stretched beyond their original capacities. So, those undergoing trial are not treated any differently from those already convicted despite the fact that they might end up being left off the hook.

Thus, the prisons are brimming with inmates as there are more inmates than the original capacity of the prisons. For instance, the total inmates in the prisons in Lagos State are by far more than the number the prisons are meant to accommodate. As of Tuesday 18th of October 2011, there were 5,370 inmates at the Badagry Prison, Kirikiri Maximum, Kirikiri Medium, Kirikiri Female and Ikoyi prisons instead of the 2,945 they were built to rehabilitate.

A further breakdown of the inmates in Lagos prisons shows that 4,440 of all the total inmates are awaiting trial and are, therefore, not part of the plans of prison officials. The only thing that they get from the prison officials is food. They are not trained or allowed to undergo any vocational work. Just 936 inmates had been convicted and are facing jail terms, with about 70 of them condemned to death.
The Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State command of the Nigeria Prison Service, Chuks Njoku, a Chief Superintendent of Prisons, while speaking with the Nigerian Tribune stated that the major challenge confronting the state command was the congestion of the prisons.

A source at the Kirikiri Prisons informed the Nigerian Tribune that inmates at the prisons, especially those at Kirikiri Medium Prison, were not enjoying any form of rehabilitation. The source claimed that the number of inmates at the prison was by far more than the capacity of the prison. He added that the prison had a capacity of less than 2000 inmates but at present had more than 3000 inmates.
A top official at the Alagbon Lagos office of the Nigeria Prison Service, who pleaded anonymity, stated that the prisons were only rehabilitating the 936 inmates that had been convicted and that the 4440 who were awaiting trial were just languishing in the prison yards.

The prison official, however, blamed the congestion of the Nigeria prisons on the Criminal Justice System in Nigeria. He also accused the judiciary and the police of hiding under the ineffective justice system in the country to add to the woes of prison inmates. He called on the federal government to ensure a proper reform of the criminal justice system in the country

Nigerian Tribune learnt that the management of each of the prisons is always at its wits’ end concerning the welfare of the inmates because of scarce resources. The only respite for the managements comes from some Non-Governmental Organisations, religious organisations and public-spirited individuals who make infrequent donations to the correctional institutions.

It was gathered that the condemned convicts, some of who have been on death row for the past 15 years, are likely to be executed in six states across the country where gallows and shooting range are sited. The prisons are in Lagos, Abeokuta (Ogun State), Enugu, Benin (Edo State), Port Harcourt (Rivers State) and Kaduna.

The breakdown shows that Abeokuta has the largest number of condemned convicts of 143 living in eight cells, followed by the Kirikiri Maximum Prison with 79 from seven states; Enugu Prison has 53 living in 15 cells, Benin has 67 in eight cells, while Port Harcourt, Abia, Imo, Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Ebonyi have 192 condemned convicts each.

At the Maximum Prison, Kirikiri, Lagos, there are 79 condemned convicts from seven states. The states are Oyo, Ekiti, Ogun, Osun, Edo, Delta and Port Harcourt.

Investigation revealed that under normal circumstance, three condemned convicts are expected to stay in a cell which is about 8 feet by 10 feet in dimension but because of the poor situation in between nine and 13 are put in a cell.

According to a source, consequent upon lack of space, no condemned convict can lie face down or up, they each have to lie down on one side all night. To worship, the convicts have no choice over where they face, Muslims and Christians face wherever they are placed, as there is no room for any of the worshipper (convict) to go beyond the specified spaces

Also because of space constraint, up to four condemned convicts are regularly put in solitary cells, which according to the Nigerian Tribune findings, are meant for convicts serving punishment.

It was out of the 38 solitary cells that the prison authorities cleared 19 for the 74 arrested members of the Boko Haram sect.

In Abeokuta Prison, there are five inmates convicted for armed robbery. A military tribunal set up by the military government before the advent of the fourth republic found them guilty and they were consequently sentenced to death. But after spending between 15 and 17 years, the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.

They are Lukmon Ajibola, who was convicted in May 16, 1995; Morufu Yusufu was convicted in May 16, 1995; Moshood Folaremi Oladipupo was convicted in September 1993; Paul Faforijin has been in a condemned cell since 1996; Asimiyu Babatunde since 1998; Musiliu Sule since 1990; Mathew Johnson since 1999, Funso Olanipekun since 1999, Julius Awe since 1999 and Dele Akinyele since 1999.

One of the inmates at the Maximum Prison, Kirikiri, Lukman Ajibola (75) was arrested on May 16, 1995 and sentenced to death on September 16, 1998. However, after spending 12years on death row, the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on October 1, 2009.

Nigerian Tribune gathered that the inmate had been moved from the cell to hospital for various ailments at various times. There was a time when he was partially blind and had stroke.

Origin of Nigerian prisons
The first prison in the country, the Broad Street Prison, was established by British colonialists in Lagos in 1872, with a capacity for 300 inmates. The inmates were meant to engage in manual labour in service of the colonial administration, and there were naturally no specially trained prison staff.

Between that time and 1910, additional prisons were established in Calabar, Sapele, Degema, Jebba, Onitsha, Lokoja, Benin and Ibadan. However, a document entitled Prison Regulation with a view to prescribing admission, custody, treatment and classification procedures, dieting, staffing and clothing was published in 1917 and, from 1937 onwards, attempts were made to modernise the prison system, with varying degrees of success.

Prior to the abolition of the Native Authority prisons in 1968 and the unification of the prison service, prisons in Northern Nigeria were administered by the Director of Prisons in the South Northern Inspector General of Police in the North. By 1972, a decree (Decree No 9 of 1972) established the mandate of the Nigeria Prison Service.
http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/politics/30019-nigerian-prisons-horrors-that-inmates-face

One can conclude that the convicted have better life in prison than those awaiting trial or awaiting to perfect their bail. Those awaiting trials are far more and have less rooms and also are not being rehabilitated. What a world in Naija!

cyco05: its a lie!!! There's someone there with 3,500# jean....I thot prisoners wear uniforms

People awaiting trials don't wear uniform because they have not been found guilty or convicted or sentenced by a magistrate. Some people can be there also because they were unable to meet their bail condition in the courtroom.

Mee234: The state of Nigeria prison is bad but the first look like some where other than a prison. That pic is too clear. ATM cells are too dark for this kind of pix. Moreover they don't sleep like that. Prisoners lay on their back with legs slithly apart while another sleeps in between the legs with the head on the tummy or chest of the person he is sleeping on. He too have his legs apart for the next person.
Those who are doubting the first picture are not wrong.

I can guess you are referring to police cells. That first pic look like a real Nigeria prison. Prisons have lights and good ventilation but the rooms are too small, hence they are over crowded particularly rooms for awaiting trials.

tontons: in oda news if we all agree 2 decease frm crime, d prison wil b an empty space n palace 4 d warders. So let @all SAY NO TO CRIME !!

You are right but you are also naïve. It's not only criminals or people convicted who are in prison. You can never tell, only prayers can help you from unforeseen circumstances.

Imanuelle: i didn't want to comment till I saw your post.
Listen up mister, I have been there.
The one I got locked up in, wasn't this wide, we were 31guys and 2 girls, we all couldn't sleep at once at night , so we rationed it.



For those who think they're undressed because they don't have clothes, forget it, the Nigerian police only allows you to go in with boxers and singlet.

The place you went to is a police cell. It is worse for those people who are in real prison cell awaiting trial or awaiting to perfect their bails. The rooms have far more population, it could be up to 70 or more in one room. The convicts have far better conditions.

Family and friends frequent inmates arrested by police but those in prisons are forgotten and people aren't even allowed close to their cells except if you are an aid worker, etc. So it is hard to know what they go through except if you are into NGO or soemthing of such and you are allowed close to the rooms inside the prison.

My concern here is mostly people who are innocent. An innocent man can be charged to court for any reason and he finds himself trying to perfect his bail for some days or week. Even for criminals it is bad to treat humans like this.

Look at this story, if not for God this innocent man would have been dragged to prison until the magistrate grants him bail and he is able to meet the condition:

Police arraign innocent man for murder
http://www.punchng.com/news/police-arraign-innocent-man-for-murder/

antartica: Just somewhere around the comer there where they are sleeping will be open sewage in buckets that the newest inmates have to carry on their heads to empty outside every morning. To survive in prisons in Nigeria means going to hell and back.

Nigerians to a great extent are immuned to bacteria and diseases,if not there will be series of dangerous epidemics in nigerian prisons

I think this applies to people in police cells and prison inmates awaiting trial. It looks like the convicts have better life than those still being investigated or being prosecuted.

[quote author=agoha_vivi]The first pix is obviously that of corpses not prisoners while the other might be a picture of prisoners. Nairaland should stop sending unfouned stories such as this to frontpage.[/quote]You people should try and move around and also go to prison for evangelism. Some cell for awaiting trials inmates are so crowded that they don't get space to lay down. Both pictures are a true representation of the real thing. Some cells are even worse, though some could be a little better.

Cristiano Ronaldo confirms he wants to stay in Madrid
Kyle Bonn Jul 5, 2013, 4:43 PM EDT
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With a new contract at Real Madrid still on the offer table unsigned, rumors have been flourishing that Cristiano Ronaldo could be headed back to England to Manchester United where he enjoyed six prolific seasons.

Having last week admitted he missed English soccer – and sending the media into a rumor tizzy in the process – Ronaldo has now moved to dismiss those rumors, stating his intentions are to stay in La Liga as long as possible.

“My future, it’s at Real Madrid and I want to be there.” Ronaldo said, speaking at a gala in Monaco. “I’ve played in Spain for four years so I want to continue there.” Pretty straightforward, that.

The 28-year-old Portugese superstar said it will be no different than any other year in Madrid. “Things are going to be the same. I will try to be focused every time to try to win La Liga and try to win the Champions League like we always do.”

Ronaldo did, however, reaffirm his admiration for Manchester United, the club he rose to great heights with. “It’s a club that’s been in my heart since I was there, so everyone knows I have a passion for that club.”

Of course the rumors won’t end until he puts pen to paper, but it’s seemed all along that Ronaldo’s first choice has been to stay put in Spain.

Newly-appointed Manchester United manager David Moyes, speaking with his new club for the first time, did nothing to quell the rumors of a Ronaldo return. When prompted on the subject, he simply said, “I’ll try to answer as many questions as I can. But when people are under contract at other clubs, it’s wrong to talk about them. But this club are always interested in the best players.”
http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/05/cristiano-ronaldo-confirms-he-wants-to-stay-in-madrid/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

Manchester United manager David Moyes says it is unlikely that the club will sign new players before the start of their pre-season tour. Moyes concedes that time is against him in his search for new arrivals before they depart.

"I'll try but I couldn't honestly say yes. I will try if possible. Time is closing in a little bit just now,

"The way the transfer window is, I think things might be done a little bit later in some cases this year. Partly because there are quite a few new managers in, as well, I don't think everybody will be done right away. In the ideal position we'd get players in right away.

"We will do everything we can to add to the squad. This club is always interested in the best players, this club has done it. We'll do everything we can to make sure we remain at the top."

bxg: Not Everybody is interested in being a manager......He has tried let his family enjoy im lol

Scholes doesn't believe in too much money or fame. I like him and his humility.

David Moyes: "I want to get Rooney to the levels I know he's capable of. I can tell you categorically tell you that he's training well. "

All the Barca, Chelsea, Madrid, Arsenal and PSG can now go and rest.

bxg: Y do i get d sense fergie is still the manager nawa

SAF has said he will not be involved in the dressing room. Moyes is doing the right things so far as to consult with SAF.

Thanks Emperoh.

So why couldn't Wayne say these things himself? Making us to guess ever since. Well, may be if he had spoken he would have miss fired and by now SAF would have asked the club to sack him. Better this way.

Scholes should show some ambition. He will be there and Giggs will be next Guardiola

Garay, Thiago, Banes.

CR7, Bale

Rooney, Evra, Nani.

These are the speculations. So Moyes speak.

hunkydory: There is an offence in law called Indecent Exposure.It is unlawful to expose ur geniitals in public.

Sincerely, I dont think what she did amounted to public exposure of private part. She exposed her private part in a room. It's a show in which you have to pay to get access tot he channel and you have to indicate interest before your decoder is allowed to view the channel. There are enough restrictions to prevent anyone from going to see.

[b]Why did she not cover herself here? [/b]Image censored.

chrisley024: Well, let's see DM's press conference with Vidic in d evening 2day. He needs 2 clear d air on some issues like Rooney, n Thiago or our CM.

Yes, you are correct. May be many rumours will be laid to rest today and fans given a sense of direction on where things are headed.

dayokanu: Bros why you dey like to dissapear like that? Come here more often with more original thoughts instead of the copy and paste that fills this pages nowadays

Barthez was a fantastic shot stopper but he was full of errors that its comical. You can e guaranteed Barthez would drop a clanger at the most unpredictable time

The bold part refers: What can be more original than the comment of the highest professionals who play the game or who coach the biggest teams, etc? They help us know which direction this transfers are headed in this time of no league football. There are a lot we can learn from their comments. Except if we don't want to add knowledge but instead want to stick to our subjected views about the game, we are only fans and as such are our knowledge is limited.

Agent: Nani could leave Manchester United but right now “the waters are calm”
Kyle Bonn Jul 4, 2013, 11:09 PM EDT
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Nani’s agent Jorge Mendes has opened the door for Nani to leave Manchester United this summer, singling out Roma as a possible destination.

Speaking to Italian radio station Radio Mana Mana, Mendes said, “He’s a good football player and the whole world knows it. Will he go to Roma? Why not? Serie A is one of the best leagues in the world and Rome is a beautiful city.”

“We constantly talk about the possibility of a transfer, but in the end, he always seems to stay at Manchester United. There is the possibility that he will leave. At the moment, nothing is concrete, the waters are calm. It depends on which players interest Manchester United.”

There have been rumblings that Nani is on his way out of Old Trafford for a little while now, but he’s already ruled out a return home to Portugal, saying his skill level is too good for the clubs there.

With just a year left on the 26-year-old winger’s contract, those rumors have often pointed to a smattering of clubs in Italy, with Juventus Napoli, and Roma topping that list.

Any movement on this transfer will probably take a while, with Nani waiting to see who United bring in and if they send young winger Wilfried Zaha out on loan.

Nani signed with Manchester United in 2007 following a £17 million ($25.6 million) move from Sporting Lisbon. He’s made 216 appearances across all competitions for the Red Devils, scoring 39 goals and assisting 73 others. Last season, however, he made just 11 Premier League appearances and scored just one goal with three assists.

http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/04/agent-nani-could-leave-manchester-united-but-right-now-the-waters-are-calm/?ocid=Yahoo&partner=ya5nbcs

So Nani's staying is dependant on who is coming. That guy always fear competition. That has been his greatest undoing. He doesn't play well when Valencia is fit.

I believe Giggs will one day coach Manchester United.

[quote author=Mr_TA]I 100% disagree with you. Barthez at united was a heady mix of brilliance and car crash viewing. He made some brilliant saves but he had some absolutely disasterous moments that most fans were voiding the bowels whenever he's near the ball. I can only assume you didn't watch united then.[/quote]That comment was in respect of his performance at France '98. Follow the sequence of that argument.

ocephraim: latest rumour s dat his signing ll b announced in Moyes first press conference on friday... *fingers crossed*

Good. We are waiting.

Rooney would fit well with Barcelona, says Pique

Barcelona defender Gerard Pique is convinced former Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney would be a great fit for the Catalan giants, were he to leave Old Trafford this summer.

Speculation surrounding the England international's future has been rife after retired United boss Sir Alex Ferguson revealed that Rooney had requested a transfer away from the club.

The former Everton forward has been linked with a host of suitors, and Pique – who spent four years with Rooney at Old Trafford – is adamant Barcelona would be the perfect destination.

“I know he has what's needed to be one of the three best players in the world. He'd fit well with Barcelona,” Pique told Sport.

“He can adapt to many positions. He's best as the center forward, but we have seen him on the left or right side.

“He is very versatile, strong, fast and has great technique. I don't think he would have any problems adapting.”

Rooney, who scored 12 league goals in 26 appearances last season, returned to Carrington for pre-season training on Wednesday ahead of talks with David Moyes to decide his United future.

( Source: Yahoo! Sports, goal.com)

I beg if Rooney must leave, he should go to Barca or Madrid.

[quote author=A-40]I think its all but certain Thiago is coming to United barring any late drama![/quote]The rumours don dey fly every where again. They said united has booked for a medical for a player.

[quote author=ocephraim] Giggs becomes United player/coach

David Moyes has appointed Ryan Giggs as player/coach at Manchester United with immediate effect. Giggs, who signed a new one-year extension in March, is entering his 23rd season with the club and, after starting work on his UEFA Pro License, the 39-year-old has been appointed player/coach. [/quote

Moyes back-room staff:
• Asst Manager: Steve Round
• 1st Team Coaches: P. Neville, Lumsden & Giggs
• GK Coach: Wood
• Chief Scout: Cooke