Man regains his freedom after spending 11 years and seven months awaiting trial at Ikoyi Prison

A Nigerian man merely acknowledged as Godswill has regained his freedom after spending 11 years and seven months throughout the Ikoyi jail awaiting trial.

A Non-Government Organization acknowledged as Headfort Foundation, which secured his launch talked about Godswill was arrested in November 2010 in Ajegunle the place he had gone to pay a go to to his grandparents.

Godswill’s arrest observed him spend 11 years and seven months in Ikoyi Prison after he was falsely charged for the offence of Armed Robbery.

Read the account of the NGO beneath.

GODSWILL REGAINS FREEDOM AFTER AWAITING TRIAL FOR 11 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS.

Godswill was a welder who lived at Ikorodu, Lagos State.

Sometime in November 2010, he went to pay a go to to his mom and father at Ajegunle, on his method once more to Ikorodu, he was accosted by two males who claimed to be Police Officers. They requested to go searching him, nonetheless he refused as there was nothing to level out that that they had been cops. They acquired offended at Godswill’s refusal and immediately began to beat him up and he was thereafter arrested at Ajeromi Police Station.

Godswill remained on the station for 2 months with out being charged to court docket docket for any crime.
In January 2011, he was charged to a Magistrate Court for the offence of Armed theft and his case was on the Magistrate Court for 2 years awaiting DPP suggestion.

In 2013, the Advice from the office of Directorate of public prosecutions bought right here out instructing that Godswill be charged to a greater court docket docket. In January 2014, Godswill lastly appeared for the first time sooner than a High Court.

Since 2014, the matter moved from one court docket docket to the other awaiting trial because of he had no approved illustration and couldn’t afford one.
In June 2019, Godswill met our lawyer- @OluyemiOrija all through a go to to the jail and his transient was taken.

Our lawyer utilized for his bail and it was granted in November 2021. His family put in efforts for perfection of his bail nonetheless couldn’t full it ensuing from lack of funds.

In March 2022, our partner- @Abdu_SAandCo took over the case and filed an software program for putting out. On the twenty second of June 2022, the Court granted the equipment and discharged Godswill.