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Justice for sale (I): Inside ‘illegal’ police detention centre in #Lagos | TheCable
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A long-time investigation, including weeks of undercover reporting, revealed one of the police establishments notorious for its human rights violation.
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The anti-cultism unit at Gbagada, a suburb of Lagos state, is dreadful, but only to the innocent and those unable to pay for a wiped slate. The single bungalow building is notorious for torture, extortion and criminal detention of hapless Nigerians.
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Every day, family members of the detainees assemble in different clusters, opposite the building, agonising about the ‘ransom’ they have to pay the investigating police Officers (IPOs) of their detained relatives. thecable.ng/justice-for-sa…
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The IPOs are gods, the generalissimos of the detention camp. They are feared because of the power they wield. They determine how long– weeks, many times, months– suspects spend in the holding cell. thecable.ng/justice-for-sa…
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Many times, the paraded suspects are covered with bruises and wounds inflicted on them while in custody. Desmond Akpan [not real name], a student of the University of Lagos, was released to his father with a deep wound to his leg. #JusticeForSale

Jimoh, a policeman known as Babalawo caught on camera extorting from a detainee’s wife. Read more 👉 thecable.ng/justice-for-sa… #JusticeForSale #JusticeSystemReform