Prison officials at the Ogwashi Uku prisons in Delta state have been accused of torturing one of its inmates, Onos Osagie, for reportedly leaking out information about the activities in the prisons.
According to a Nigerian who shared the story online, Prince Harrison Gwamnishu, the prison officers tortured the inmate because he disclosed that an inmate died on Sunday due to the failure of the prison officers to take him to the hospital.
He wrote:
OGWASHI UKU PRISON AUTHORITIES TORTURES AWAITING TRIAL PRISONER ONOS OSAGIE WHO THEY ALLEGED LEAKED THE INFORMATION…….CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PRISONS VISIT OGWASHI UKU PRISON.
An inmate in Ogwashi Uku Prison Onos Osagie awaiting trial prisoner who has spent 5years is currently undergoing punishment.
The prison Authorities claimed Onos leaked the information about the malnourished prisoners to Behind Bars Intervention.
He was chained yesterday, beaten and locked up in a punishment cell.
The Controller General of Prisons is expected to be in Ogwashi Uku Prison today.
Onos Osagie is now in chains
Onos Osagie is been tortured
Onos Osagie is an Awaiting trial, a banker, a gentle man and a law abiding citizen of Federal Republic of Nigeria.
I Prince Gwamnishu Harrison remain fearless in this struggle to better the lives of my brothers and sisters I left behind.
If our report is false, let them take me personally to court.
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