tactius:


Read the story...the inlaws lied against him, and procurred witnesses to lie against him.

Also, any police investigation is as good as the witnesses...

Las las...in America...there have been cases of wrongfully convicted prisoners in jail for longer than this guy.

Tending:


SEUN THE IDIOT AND MODERATORS. FOOLISH SET OF PEOPLE. Y ALLOWED THIS ON PUBLIC FORUM.

SER. HIGHEST THAT CAN HAPPEN, YOU REMOVE ME FROM NAIRALAND.

XklusivGistBlog:


And they were compensated. But this guy is on his own

HenryInno1:
this Man Should Compensated
Atleast 27million For The 27 yrs he wasted In Prison without committing any Crime

nonxo007:
The Legal system in Nigeria is trash, and it reminds me of an experience I had with this guy who was wrongly arrested and sent to jail. I was on vacation one day and decided to walk into a high court just to hear the proceedings. On that faithful day there was this young man who was in chains in court. During the break this young man beckoned on me to please come, I was shocked. But then I asked the police officer around if I may, he agreed. This young man pleaded with me to please help him get something to eat, even if its just biscuit, that he has been in jail for long and hasn't eaten for days. I bought him a bunch of banana with pure water. This guy shared this bunch of banana with other accused in court there.
When it was his turn to face the court, this guy didn't have a lawyer because he couldn't afford one.
Now what was he accused of? His story: he lived in a neighborhood and had a little misunderstanding with some brothers, few weeks after the misunderstanding these brothers house was robbed and there property and belonging taken away. Next day they called the police to arrest this guy. On what ground?
1. They had a misunderstanding
2. He dresses any how
3. He has no job
4. He was poor

And the dumb police men arrest this young man. I was really bitter when this guy asked to defend himself. He wept and wept that he was innocent and the accusers have no evidence to label him the criminal, but all these fell on deaf ears.
This guy has been in jail for over 1year and 6months as at then.
The judge just adjourned the case for another 2months and the guy has to remain in jail
That day I gave up on the Nigerian judicial system.

WinningSun:


it happened in almighty USA too so don't fret

WinningSun:


it happened in almighty USA too so don't fret

TheFacelessMan:
I am not surprised at the comments I read here.

Nigerians, PLEASE always use your heads.

The chances of this guy being guilty or innocent = 50/50%.

I have seen that 100% of the comments are siding him. Let me ask, if he was guilty, do you think he would say

" I am guilty, take me back to prison" ?

THIS IS MY TAKE : I hope he is innocent, if he is.....this was a terrible injustice. If he is guilty.....he got off lightly for taking a life.


I am just a little shocked at the gullibility here. He is innocent...simply because he said so! WOW!

etcsines:
@titiloyeblog.com

Last week, Clinton Kalu, a native of Ndinwafor in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, walked out from the Port Harcourt Maximum Prison where he had spent 27 years of his life for a crime he didn't commit.

He was roped into a murder case in April 1992 by some undisclosed persons while trying to resolve a dispute involving his in-laws. That marked the beginning of his journey in ‘hell’.

His trial at the tribunal and later at a High Court and his eventual detention happened so fast that when he found himself in prison over an offense he did not commit, he was livid with anger but later accepted his fate.

Recalling how he was sentenced to death by hanging or firing squad, Kalu in an interview with Punch said, “Twenty-seven years ago, some people were accused of stealing generating a plant and fluorescent tubes.


He cautioned that with the Supreme Court declaring him innocent, it would be wrong for anybody to tag him an ex-convict.



While in incarceration, Kalu lost his mother; and coupled with the fact that he was not married and had no immediate family (children), he struggled to fight loneliness even though his relatives, who also believed he was incapable of hurting anybody, let alone killing a person, visited him in prison from time to time.

Asked if he would avenge the injustice done to him, Kalu explained that he had been a changed man after gaining knowledge about the ways of Christ, adding that vengeance was not in his thoughts. He pointed out that though he felt insulted and humiliated by the court verdict, which sentenced him to death, he later realized while in prison that his tribulation was to serve a purpose.



On what the future holds for him, Kalu, who said he was diabetic and fed himself throughout the 27 years he stayed in prison, stated that he could take to politics or continue with his guidance and counseling job, which he was doing while behind bars. To cater for himself due to his failing health, the 56-year-old said he had to sell some of his personal belongings, adding that when funds were no longer there, the church took over his feeding. He pointed out that his experience in prison had taught him that anybody could find themselves in jail due to circumstances beyond their control.

According to him, life in a Nigerian prison will not reform most inmates because of the hardship inside there. On what his being in prison for almost three decades had denied him, Kalu lamented that he may not be able to know the whereabouts of most of his properties and maintained that he would have built more houses and acquired more properties if he were not in prison.

He said he was filled with joy when on April 5, 2019, the Supreme Court pronounced him not guilty of the charge against him, insisting that the judgment had vindicated him. “I was overwhelmed with joy on the day I was released from prison having spent 27 years there without committing a crime. Up till this moment, I feel like a newly born baby. God gave me another chance to experience His greatness again. I was happy doing that for free; nobody paid me for it. The church helped me to sponsor seminars that were organized in prison. I read the law before I went to prison,” he said.


source: https://www.titiloyeblog.com/2019/04/i-feel-like-new-born-baby-56-year-old.html

Athena4:
Yen Yen Yen.Why not go and re-investigate his case yourself and come and report your findings?

donvicky2007:
He should sue does that put him behind bar for 27 years.

Groovenaija360:
I STILL BLAME BUHARI FOR THIS

nonxo007:
The Legal system in Nigeria is trash, and it reminds me of an experience I had with this guy who was wrongly arrested and sent to jail. I was on vacation one day and decided to walk into a high court just to hear the proceedings. On that faithful day there was this young man who was in chains in court. During the break this young man beckoned on me to please come, I was shocked. But then I asked the police officer around if I may, he agreed. This young man pleaded with me to please help him get something to eat, even if its just biscuit, that he has been in jail for long and hasn't eaten for days. I bought him a bunch of banana with pure water. This guy shared this bunch of banana with other accused in court there.
When it was his turn to face the court, this guy didn't have a lawyer because he couldn't afford one.
Now what was he accused of? His story: he lived in a neighborhood and had a little misunderstanding with some brothers, few weeks after the misunderstanding these brothers house was robbed and there property and belonging taken away. Next day they called the police to arrest this guy. On what ground?
1. They had a misunderstanding
2. He dresses any how
3. He has no job
4. He was poor

And the dumb police men arrest this young man. I was really bitter when this guy asked to defend himself. He wept and wept that he was innocent and the accusers have no evidence to label him the criminal, but all these fell on deaf ears.
This guy has been in jail for over 1year and 6months as at then.
The judge just adjourned the case for another 2months and the guy has to remain in jail
That day I gave up on the Nigerian judicial system.

freeDR:
Where's Don Vito Corleone? We need him for vengeance.

Apus:
I hate Nigeria!

Wrongfully imprisoned and it took 27years to discover he was innocent. I'ld rather die than spend half the life expectancy age of some people in a useless Nigerian prison.


It is well.

Apus:
I hate Nigeria!

Wrongfully imprisoned and it took 27years to discover he was innocent. I'ld rather die than spend half the life expectancy age of some people in a useless Nigerian prison.


It is well.

TheFacelessMan:
I am not surprised at the comments I read here.

Nigerians, PLEASE always use your heads.

The chances of this guy being guilty or innocent = 50/50%.

I have seen that 100% of the comments are siding him. Let me ask, if he was guilty, do you think he would say

" I am guilty, take me back to prison" ?

THIS IS MY TAKE : I hope he is innocent, if he is.....this was a terrible injustice. If he is guilty.....he got off lightly for taking a life.


I am just a little shocked at the gullibility here. He is innocent...simply because he said so! WOW!

nonxo007:
The Legal system in Nigeria is trash, and it reminds me of an experience I had with this guy who was wrongly arrested and sent to jail. I was on vacation one day and decided to walk into a high court just to hear the proceedings. On that faithful day there was this young man who was in chains in court. During the break this young man beckoned on me to please come, I was shocked. But then I asked the police officer around if I may, he agreed. This young man pleaded with me to please help him get something to eat, even if its just biscuit, that he has been in jail for long and hasn't eaten for days. I bought him a bunch of banana with pure water. This guy shared this bunch of banana with other accused in court there.
When it was his turn to face the court, this guy didn't have a lawyer because he couldn't afford one.
Now what was he accused of? His story: he lived in a neighborhood and had a little misunderstanding with some brothers, few weeks after the misunderstanding these brothers house was robbed and there property and belonging taken away. Next day they called the police to arrest this guy. On what ground?
1. They had a misunderstanding
2. He dresses any how
3. He has no job
4. He was poor

And the dumb police men arrest this young man. I was really bitter when this guy asked to defend himself. He wept and wept that he was innocent and the accusers have no evidence to label him the criminal, but all these fell on deaf ears.
This guy has been in jail for over 1year and 6months as at then.
The judge just adjourned the case for another 2months and the guy has to remain in jail
That day I gave up on the Nigerian judicial system.