Heavily Pregnant Woman Begs Court Not To Send Her To Kirikiri Prison

A woman who is about to deliver a baby has begged the Ikeja Senior Magistrates’ Court not to send her to Kirikiri Prison in Apapa, Lagos, southwest Nigeria.

Fasilat Yusuf, who is a resident of Dele Faniran street, Oko Oba Agege, Lagos, failed to return large sum money she borrowed from her neighbour, Sunday Shobowale. The woman took a N70,000 loan in February, 2013 and was arrested seven months later on a two-count charge of obtaining loan without paying and stealing N70,000.

The situation with payments is worsened with one more loan Fatisalat has to refund. But the presiding judge, Tajudeen A. Elias, was relentless, saying that the defendant who was on trial since last year still obliged repay one hundredth of a naira. But for the defendant's mother in tandem with the counsel who managed Elias to reverse his earlier remand order, the debtor could have end up in prison.

It was gathered that a father of an unborn child sends Fatisalat only N5,000 a month for feeding and maintenance. The council signed a document ensuring a substantial amount repayment in the next few days and the case was adjourned till 30 June, 2014.

Source: Legit.ng