Nigerian Couple Languishing In Warri Prison Decry Poor Feeding, Incarceration Without Trial

A Nigerian man, Isaiah Junior Edafe and his wife, Trust, who are currently languishing in Warri prison, Delta State, have decried their terrible conditions in the facility.

The couple were thrown into prison after a woman, Mrs Agnes Ejiko accused them of fraud.

SaharaReporters had in April 6, 2023 reported that Nigerian couple with two kids languished in prison for six months after “efforts to help family with infertility problems failed.”

The couple who have been in the Okere Custodial Centre for the past seven months, on Friday again decried their non-trial and the poor feeding meted to them, while their two little kids are languishing without care.

In a video of a food what appears as rice shared to the inmates, which SaharaReporters obtained on Saturday, it was observed the food was pale, colourless and had no oil.

A supposed inmate in the video was overheard saying “you can see, this is what this evil government served us.”

Although, SaharaReporters could not independently verified the claim in video, it was gathered that officials of the NCS in the prison were starving inmates because officials stole food items supplied to the Custodial Centre.

The shortage forced the staff to ration food served to inmates for the time being.

SaharaReporters had reported that Trust; Edafe’s wife before their arrest and subsequent incarceration was working as a caregiver for Ejiko.

The duo had also been separated from their two little kids since they were arrested in September 2022.

It was reported that the couple’s trouble started when Ejiko reportedly approached Trust to help look for witch doctors as two of her children were suffering from infertility.

Despite paying millions of Naira to the traditional medicine practitioners, SaharaReporters learnt that Ejiko’s children were still unable to give birth.

This reportedly angered the elderly woman who asked the police to arrest and charge Trust, alongside her husband.

“Trust was working as a caregiver for this elderly woman. She told Trust one day that she wasn’t happy because two of her children abroad couldn’t find the fruit of the womb. So, she begged Trust to help her look for traditionalists who could be of help because it was spiritual problem.

“Trust told her she knew someone who does spiritual works with prayers and connected them to the elderly woman and her children. Transactions were made for these purposes and initially it was through Trust’s account to disburse to the spiritual homes for the spiritual and traditional items.

“Subsequently the wife made use of the husband’s account to receive some funds from the elderly woman but the husband was not in town as at then and had never met this elderly woman nor spoken with her about any transactions.

“All were transferred to the spiritual home and traditionalists as they ordered through the wife. Now the woman did not get results as expected because the two children are still without babies and made arrest demanding money back. Moreover, the woman has made other transactions through transfer to one Prophetess Mercy without Trust’s consent.

“Now the elderly woman wants her money back and held this couple in police custody then into jail, awaiting trial. The case has been in court from one adjournment to the other. Making it over 6 months now. This couple have little kids who they left back home and their home and property were vandalized. They also killed all their security dogs.

“The little kids went to court to see their parents and couldn’t identify their parents due to the jail conditions and horrible life inside the prison which changed their appearances because of several illnesses. We want them home, these couple are not running or jumping court sittings. Their home is here in Warri where the case is being handled.

“Let me add this to it, the man’s car of N16m and papers of land worth N40m belonging to this man are all with Mrs Ejiko, yet she doesn’t want them out of the prison because of her connection.”