PARTIES: C.O.P V. AMINU MANSIR

The Accused, a first time offender was arrested alongside some other co-accused person on the grounds of theft. The families of the co-accused were able to secure their release upon negotiations with the complainant, but the Accused had nobody to come for him as he was also deaf and dumb so he was remanded in prison custody pending when he gets a lawyer to stand for him. The Accused was never arraigned. His plea could not be taken because he was deaf and dumb and had no legal representation prior to the intervention of Justice for 1000. Incarcerated for a minimum period of 8months, Justice for 1000 took up his case on the 31^st day of August, 2020. Barrister Edwin Ochojila of Justice for 1000 reached out to the complainant with the help of the court registrars and the complainant agreed to withdraw his complaint on compassionate grounds. The accused also made undertaken to be of good behaviour afterwards.

 

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