USA Africa Dialogue Series - My first week of freedom after 10 years in a Nigerian jail

https://medium.com/amnesty-international/my-first-week-of-freedom-after-10-years-in-a-nigerian-jail-b2c5659c85eb#.q7pta0h4n

My first week of freedom after 10 years in a Nigerian jail

"What struck me most is that you can live in a country where you can face so much tragedy for no reason, and yet still have to live there. I will always pray for change in Nigeria, but I advise others living here to be very careful, so that they will not fall victim to what I went through." Moses Akatugba

Moses Akatugba was tortured to confess to a crime he says he never committed: a 'confession' that landed him on death row. On 28 May he was pardoned. This is his account of his first week of freedom

"When I called my mother from prison to tell her I'd been pardoned after 10 years in jail, she fainted.

I was told they had to pour water on her to revive her. Later, when she saw me for the first time after all those years in jail, she grabbed me and held me so tight. She wouldn't let go for almost 15 minutes. The whole time she had tears of joy streaming from her eyes.

I was also overwhelmed with joy when I found out about my pardon, at 4pm on 28 May. Initially I couldn't even speak, I was so happy." Moses Akatugba

Read on: https://medium.com/amnesty-international/my-first-week-of-freedom-after-10-years-in-a-nigerian-jail-b2c5659c85eb#.q7pta0h4n

Funmi Tofowomo Okelola

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