The authorities of the Imo State Federal Prison have denied allegations of maltreating the IPOB women currently in detention.
The women were arrested during a protest, and charged for treasonable felony.
They were denied bail after a Magistrate Court said it couldn’t grant them bail for their charges. As such, they were detained, pending advice from the Attorney-General of the state.
The prison management had turned back relatives of the detained women, who visited the court with food items. This led to an uproar in the state capital, Owerri, with allegations that the prison management was maltreating the women, some of whom were said to be pregnant.
However, James Madugba, the Public Relations Officer of Owerri Federal Prisons, denied the allegations, stating that prevailing circumstances could not permit the women to receive visitors for now.
Madugba also debunked claims that the…
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