The mother and baby and another woman were soon released, but Chijioke Iloanya remained in detention with no reason given. But then Hope Iloanya glimpsed her son in handcuffs. In a dilapidated building in central Awka, at the office of a local human rights group, the Prime Advocacy for Human Rights Preservers Initiative, cartoon posters of angry judges glare down from the walls. Until Chijioke Iloanya’s arrest, she had planned to study law but changed direction after seeing how lawyers took her parents’ money. Standing in her turquoise dress behind Hope Relaxation Spot’s counter, Hope Iloanya peeled an onion for moimoi, steamed beancakes.

Source: bd News24 December 24, 2020 04:18 UTC