EXCLUSIVE: Victims claim patience that Jonathan oversees has participated in torture of 15 domestic workers held in prison since 2019 on missing jewelry
The note contains an outline of cruel acts of violence allegedly orchestrated by the former first lady himself. One of the domestic workers captured since 2019 at former First Dame Patience Jonathan told how she personally supervised their torture during detention. The unveiling is contained in a handwritten note made by one of the detainees in the Okaka Corrective Center of Bayelsa, obtained by Saharan Porters on Thursday. The note contains an outline of cruel acts of violence allegedly orchestrated by the former first lady himself. “Serious torture, which included hanging, with whip, sticks, machete … Patience Jonathan repeatedly insisted that the police did not do enough torture to her satisfaction, just as she instructed them. It urged her to take the police to take some mid nights to her husband’s home in Nikton Road, Kpansia, Yenagoa. The victim further claimed that the former First Lady actively participated in the abuse on one of the evenings and used her high -heeled shoes to repeatedly brutal them. “Meanwhile, she also delegated Asp Collins Otutu, the chief safety officer of her husband, to oversee the police in their office to ensure they have aggressively tortured us.” He always got a lot of drunk and brought extra bottles to OC Chris and his sons before torturing us in the midnight. Workers who have weakened in prison for almost six years. Familiar with the case earlier raised the alarm and urgently requested intervention. “Since 2019, former first lady Patience Jonathan has locked up about 16 of her domestic staff in Okaka Prison for allegedly stealing her jewelry, without first allowing a competent court to try and sentence them,” said one of the sources. ‘A few years ago Tech4justice could provide legal services for them, which they have been doing ever since. But since the current chief justice came on board, she deliberately dragged the case on the patience of Jonathan’s instructions. She is a chair of the former first lady, “said one of the sources. A relative of one of the detained domestic workers, who spoke to Saharan Porters, said: ‘They are in the Okaka prison in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. Workers – though they didn’t work in that apartment at the time. “Since then, there has been no evidence to prove the case in court, and the case does not continue. They keep saying they are waiting for witnesses to come forward until today,” the source said. The names of the detained Workers are Williams Alami, Vincent Olabiyi, Ebuka Cosmos, John Dashe, Tamunocuro Abaku, Sahabi Lima, Emmanuel Aginwa, Erema Deborah, Precious Kingsley, Tamunosiki Achese, Salomi Wareboka, Sunday Reginald, Boma Oba, Vivian Golden and Vivian Golden and Boma Oba, Vivian Golden, EMEKA BENSON.