Victim Allegedly Accuses Patience Jonathan Of Personally Torturing 15 Domestic Workers Held In Prison Since 2019
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A former domestic worker, who was imprisoned since 2019 on the alleged orders of the former First Lady Patience Jonathan, has allegedly revealed harrowing details of the brutal torture she and others faced during their detention. The shocking accounts, made public through a handwritten note describe the former First Lady’s direct involvement in the abuse. The note, written by one of the detainees at the Okaka Correctional Centre in Bayelsa State, alleges that Patience Jonathan personally supervised and participated in the torture of domestic workers detained without trial since 2019. The note outlines severe acts of violence inflicted on the workers, which allegedly included hanging, beating with whips, sticks, and machetes. According to the detainee’s account, Patience Jonathan was dissatisfied with the level of torture the police were carrying out and ordered them to increase the brutality. “Severe torture, which included hanging, beating with whips, sticks, machetes...