Behind Bars: How State Abuse and a Broken Justice System Trap Nigerian Inmates

I spent time in Kuje Prison and met inmates held despite meeting bail terms. One man waited weeks for bail after a Senate president order. Another spent nearly four months locked up over a failed relationship, then faced impossible sureties from senior officers. Even a critic of the Interior Minister spent months in custody after an alleged cyberstalking charge. Today, 817 of Kuje’s 1,115 inmates are awaiting trial. Forty-seven have tuberculosis. These cases expose deep flaws and state abuses in our justice system.

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