Exclusive: Ex-Nigerian First Dame Patience Jonathan has been in prison for missing jewelry since 2019 15 domestic workers in prison

Saharan Porters gathered that these workers had rotten behind bars without a courteous conviction, as their trial was repeatedly stopped on the orders of the influential former first lady. In a blatant violation of the constitutional provisions of Nigeria on the suspicion of innocence, the former first lady Patience has kept Jonathan 15 of her domestic staff in the Okaka Corrective Center of Bayelsa since 2019 about an unproven case of robbery. Saharan Porters gathered that these workers had rotten behind bars without a courteous conviction, as their trial was repeatedly stopped on the orders of the influential former first lady. Sources familiar with the case have created the alarm and urgently requested intervention to ensure justice for the kept workers. “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 even allowing a capable court to sentence them.” A few years ago, Tech4 was able to provide justice regards for them, which they have done 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 stoog of the former first lady, “said one of the sources. A family member of one of the detained domestic workers who spoke to Saharan Porters said: ‘They are in the Okaka prison in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. They are 15 in number and have been in prison since 2019. They were domestic workers for former first lady, Patience Jonathan. “In 2019, there was a case of the break -in and in one of her apartments in Otuoke, and she decided to arrest all her workers – although they did not work in the apartment at the time.” ‘Since then, there has been no evidence to prove the case in court, and the case does not continue. They still say they are waiting for witnesses to come to this day, ‘the source said. The names of the kept workers include Vincent Olabiyi, Ebuka Cosmos, John Dashe, Tamunocuro Abaku, Saabi Liman, Emmanuel Aginwa, Erema Deborah, Williams Alami, Precious Kingsley, Tamunociki Waribian, Salomi Reginald, Sunday Golden, and Vivian. “They are charged with armed robbery, malicious damage, attempted murder, stealing, and so on. But there is no evidence! They even go to court this morning (Thursday),” the source added. The long -standing detention of these workers is a violation of the constitutional guarantee of Nigeria for the suspicion of innocence. Article 36 (5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria explicitly states that every person accused of a criminal offense will be supposed innocent until he is convicted. Furthermore, Article 35 guarantees the right to personal freedom and states that no person will be detained without trial without a reasonable time. Saharan Porters learned that the detailed staff’s case was deliberately lost in court, allegedly under the influence of Patience Jonathan. Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, served as the first lady of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015 and as the second lady of Nigeria from 2007 to 2010.