A 26-year-old man named Nicholas has regained his freedom after spending 10 months in prison for allegedly insulting his boss via a resignation text.
The case, highlighted by human rights activist @thefunkeadeoye on X (Twitter), has drawn attention to issues of justice and workplace rights.
Nicholas, a graduate and photographer, decided to resign from his role at a photography studio.
After sending a text to his boss, he was arrested due to the boss’s anger over the message’s content.
He spent 2 days in police detention and ended up being charged with “intentional insult” and detained in a crowded cell with 189 other inmates in Keffi.
Initially, he was granted bail set at 100,000 Naira, later reduced to 50,000 Naira.
However, he couldn’t afford the bail, resulting in his prolonged stay in jail despite his boss, a politician, later withdrawing the charges.
The situation changed when the social justice organization “Hope Behind Bars” learned about Nicholas’s plight.
With the help of a generous donor who anonymously contributed the remaining bail amount, he was finally released.
In a series of photos shared by @thefunkeadeoye, the contrast between Nicholas’s appearance before and after his imprisonment as captivated netizens, sparking reactions online.
