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SaharaReporters learned that the mother, who was arrested on March 28, 2025, alongside her then three-month-old daughter during a “Free Palestine” protest in Abuja, was charged with unlawful assembly but later struck out of the charge sheet after sustained legal efforts.
After spending over five months in detention without trial, a Nigerian woman, identified as a tailor, and her 8-month-old baby have finally been released from the Suleja Correctional Centre in Niger State.
SaharaReporters learned that the mother, who was arrested on March 28, 2025, alongside her then three-month-old daughter during a “Free Palestine” protest in Abuja, was charged with unlawful assembly but later struck out of the charge sheet after sustained legal efforts.
A prison source confirmed to SaharaReporters: “It was learned that the mother was charged for the offence of unlawful assembly with some other defendants. So her lawyers ensured that her name was struck out from the charge list and the court ruled that they should be released from prison.
“So it took some process before the woman and her daughter were released from prison on Monday. They have been reunited with their family.”
The woman’s husband, Misbau, also confirmed the release, sharing pictures of his wife and daughter immediately after regaining freedom.
Before their release, Misbau had repeatedly cried out for justice, narrating how his wife, who is a tailor, was unjustly arrested while delivering clothes to a customer near the protest ground.
“My wife is a tailor. On that fateful day, she went to deliver clothes she had sewn for a customer. The customer, who happened to be a Shiite member, told her to bring the clothes to the protest ground where they had gathered. When she arrived, the police and military suddenly started firing gunshots, arresting and even killing people they saw wearing hijabs. My wife was carrying our 3-month-old baby on her back and had no chance of escaping,” he told SaharaReporters in an earlier interview.
He lamented that both mother and child were held in Suleja Prison without trial, with the police only relying on a hurriedly obtained remand order.
“Since they were taken to prison, the Nigerian authorities have said nothing. They have simply kept her and our daughter in Suleja Prison, and now they are both very sick,” he said at the time.
According to him, his family endured months of trauma as both mother and child fell critically ill in custody without access to proper medical care.
He had also accused the Nigerian system of frustrating every attempt at justice:
“I have tried everything possible to get a lawyer. When I finally got one, we still could not secure her release. I am traumatized as a father and husband, watching my family suffer this injustice.”
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