It has now been confirmed that one Itunu Babalola, a Nigerian living in Abidjan was wrongfully charged and incarcerated for a crime she did not commit and will soon be released to be reunited with her family.
According to the Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Abike Dabiri-Erewa the Charge D’Affaires of the Nigerian Mission in Côte D’Ivoire, Mohammed Gana, sent officials of the mission to Bondoukou, a city eight hours outside Abidjan when the case was brought to his attention.
She added that Plans are underway to engage the services of a legal Luminary to prove the innocence of Itunu Babalola at the Court of Appeal after the accused had spent two years out of a ten year jail term for an offense she did not commit.
She added that the new prosecutor assigned to the case has given assurances of a fair and unbiased review and retrial of the case to secure the Release of Itunu Babalola.
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It was also alleged that the former prosecutor in collaboration with the police twisted the case and accused Itunu Babalola of human trafficking hence her conviction for 20yrs although the sentence was reduced to 10yrs from which she has spent two years.
Itunu Balalola is a 21 year old Nigerian trader livng in Bandoukou Cote de Ivoire. She was detained in the Ivorian prison without trial in 2019 after an allegation that she was involved in human trafficking.
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
