By Silas Nwoha
The 75-year-old woman, Mrs Elizabeth Otubambo, held in custody since Feb. 15 at Ibara Prisons in Abeokuta for an alleged offence committed by her son has been released.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt in Lagos on Thursday that Otubambo regained her freedom late on Wednesday after spending 41 days in prison custody.
Otubambo’s church member, Mr Innocent Ogbogu, who facilitated her release told NAN in a telephone interview that police and prison authorities collected various sums from him before Otubambo could regain her freedom.
“The policeman handling the matter collected N10, 000, while the warder collected N5, 000, excluding other charges that we settled before the woman was handed over to us.
“The most annoying part was demanding that we produce receipts of home appliances, amounting to N500, 000 before Mrs Otubambo could be handed over to us,’’ Ogbogu said.
The ailing widow…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
