Nigeria: Court Denies Complicity in Prolonged Detention of Former First Lady’s Ex-Domestic Workers

The Bayelsa State High Court also said on Monday that there was no judicial complicity in the delay of the trial.

The Bayelsa State High Court has denied culpability or external influence in the protracted trial and detention of some domestic aides of former first lady Patience Jonathan.

The court attributed the delay in the trial overseen by Chief Judge Matilda Ayemieye to frequent changes in defence lawyers, leading to the defendants’ six-year incarceration.

“His Lordship granted accelerated…