human rights laywer sues FG for long detaintion of suspects

human rights legal advisor, Mr. Nelson Olanipekun, has documented an issue before the Oyo State High Court in
Ibadan, against the administration over the detainment of 100 prisoners whose issue are yet to be charged to court however have been held in care for more than 7 years.

As per Mr. Olanipekun, 88%, put at 1004 of the detainees at Agodi jail are anticipating trial. He said there are individuals who have been anticipating lawful exhortation since 2010.

"Keeping individuals for more than 7 years without trial is supreme treachery completely," Mr. Olanipekun stated, including that the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) does not take into account a man to be held never-endingly in confinement without being charged to court.

"The Administration of Criminal Justice Act has been ignored for a long time now yet the little effect has it made. The Act accommodates an aggregate of 14 days remand time for prisoners and sustainable for an additional 14 days if an application is conveyed to court for the recharging," he said.

"Be that as it may, this isn't the situation in actuality; the prisoners are as of now regarded as being liable instead of the law which says a man is blameless until articulated blameworthy by a skilled Court."

The youthful attorney tracks a considerable lot of the anticipating trial cases with Justice Clock, a mechanical instrument intended to screen to what extent a man has been held in jail authority.

Segun, one of the detainees whose case was followed by Justice Clock clarified he had been held in confinement for a long time without knowing his offense.

"I have been here since the year 2010 while originating from the ranch, some policemen abruptly halted me and said I had executed somebody. Indeed, even the body of the charged perished, I didn't see," Segun said.

Mr. Olanipekun is the group captain of Gavel, a urban tech association that tries to expand the pace of equity conveyance and responsibility through following of cases and the diminishment of the murkiness in the equity division.