Nicholas, a 26-year-old man, is released from prison after serving ten months for allegedly texting his boss to resign.
Human rights advocate @thefunkeadeoye reported this after sharing the article on her X page.
The young man, a graduate and photographer, was reportedly employed as a photographer before opting to leave his position.
According to @thefunkeadeoye he sent his boss a text resigning his role from the studio.
It was stated that his supervisor intended to have him arrested because he was offended by what was in his text message.
He was then imprisoned in a cell and accused of “intentional insult.”
The young man was given a bail of N100K, which was later reduced to N50K. Nevertheless, the full amount could not be paid, and he remained in custody until the man’s circumstances were brought to the attention of the social justice group “Hope Behind Bars.”
@thefunkeadeoye said …
“This is Nicholas. A 26 year old graduate, photographer & Keyboardist.
Sometime in October 2023, Nicholas sent a text message to his boss resigning his role as a photographer in the photo studio.
His boss was angry at the content of the text message & got him arrested.
From spending 2 days in police detention, he ended up being charged for “intentional insult”, locked up & up in a room with 189 other cell mates at a prison in Keffi because he could not afford the bail sum initially N100,000 & later N50,000.
He remained there even after the said boss, a politician in the current administration & owner of a popular photography studio in FCT wrote a letter to the court withdrawing the charge.
Two weeks ago, someone hinted
@hopebehindbar
about Nicholas plight and
@thehassanian
reached out to a friend of his who donated N50,000 anonymously.
The first picture is a picture of Nicholas 2 months before prison, second is a picture of him when we got him out last week and the third is a picture of him at
@hopebehindbar
office today.”
Check out post below …
Published by Ejoh Caleb
