Suspected trans-border car snatcher, Hamani Tidjani, has died after 10 years in prison custody,
Mr.
Tidjani, who was arrested by the police for allegedly masterminding a
car snatching syndicate across the Nigeria-Benin Republic border,
breathed his last at 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Mr.
Tidjani was arrested in September, 2003 and had been facing trial
before Sybil Nwala of a Lagos High Court on a three-count charge of
conspiracy to commit armed robbery, armed robbery, and receiving stolen
goods.
When contacted,
J.H Bashir, the deceased’s lawyer said that he was heading to the
Kirikiri Prison to confirm the development and added
“If it is true,
then an act of injustice has been done as far as we are concerned and
the Lagos State government and the Obasanjo government are the ones
responsible,”
His
cooments stems from the fact that the prison offical had reported to
the lagos state government the health of Hamani Tidjani but they felt it
was a spurious assertion.culled
*OMG,10yrs without trial?Injustice of the highest order.!
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