There
was a mild drama at the Aguata prisons in Anambra State on Thursday
when a prison inmate, Tobias Mbaekwe, who was discharged on health
grounds by the state Chief Judge, Justice Petre Umeadi, refused to leave
the prison premises as he begged the judge to allow him continue to
stay in prison.
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 the State Chief Judge, Justice Peter Umeadi.
He collapsed
on the floor shortly after the ruling that he would be granted bail,
begging the Chief Judge to allow him stay back in the prison. According
to him, his family members have ganged up to kill him because of a land
meant for his father. He said he wishes to remain in prison where his
life will be more secured.
“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.