Police arrest 18-year-old girl while hawking, force her to admit being an armed robber
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A Nigerian lawyer has shared a disturbing account of an 18-year-old girl who has been in prison for months after being forced by the police to confess to armed robbery. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the lawyer revealed that he had visited a correctional facility to interview an inmate but ended up speaking with several others who lacked legal representation. Among them was the young girl, whom he identified as EUO. According to his findings, the girl was arrested in August 2024 while hawking agidi. She was detained alongside three men aged 45 to 49, all accused of armed robbery. The police allegedly tortured her until she confessed to being an armed robber and carrying a firearm. Detailing her ordeal, the lawyer wrote: “I was meant to re-interview just one person, but during my visit, the Officer in Charge commended my efforts to decongest the custodial center and referred several inmates without legal representation to me.” “One of them was an 18-year-old girl whose father died w...