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A mild drama played out at the Aguata prisons in Anambra State on Thursday when a prison inmate, who was discharged on health grounds by the state Chief Judge, Justice Peter Umeadi, refused to leave the prison premises.
Tobias Mbaekwe begged the judge to allow him continue to stay in prison. He said he did not want to go back home because his family members allegedly plan to kill him over a piece of land meant belonging to his father.
Mbaekwe, who hailed from Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local government area of the state, was among the three juveniles who freed on health grounds and delay in prosecution by Justice Umeadi.
“They said they will kill me if I come back home. They grabbed my father’s land after killing him in 1980. They latter kidnapped me and threatened to kill me and that is why they abandoned me here since 2012,” he cried out.
Justice Umeadi however directed the Aguata Prisons Welfare Officer to take him to the DPP of Ozubulu Police station who would in turn accompany him home.
Mbaekwe, who hailed from Ozubulu in Ekwusigo local government area of the state, was among the three juveniles who freed on health grounds and delay in prosecution by Justice Umeadi.