Farouk Razak is a 21-year old Nigerian who was arrested in May 2019. According to him, he was returning from prayers during the Ramadan fast when he was arrested by Police Operatives; upon his arrest, Farouk (who was 18 years old at the time) was informed that he was arrested for Robbery - an offence he knew nothing about.
Farouk was in Police Custody for several months until he was eventually charged to court. According to him, the other individuals who were arrested around the same time with him for the same offence were released after they had "paid" for bail and were not charged to Court.
Our Legal Team interviewed Farouk on the 13th of February 2021 during our visit to the Kirikiri Medium Custodial Center and decided to provide free legal represe to him. We secured his unconditional release in December 2022 after he had spent over two (2) years in Prison.
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