EXCLUSIVE: How Patience Jonathan Blocked Domestic Worker Held In Prison Since 2019 Over Missing Jewellery From Burying Late Daughter

A Nigerian woman, Deborah Erema, has been incapable to hide her girl aft being detained for implicit 5 years connected the orders of erstwhile First Lady Patience Jonathan implicit missing jewellery.  

Erema, who worked arsenic a home idiosyncratic successful the Jonathan household, has been languishing successful prison, unneurotic with 14 others, since 2019 aft being accused of stealing jewellery belonging to Patience Jonathan. 

The names of different detained workers are Williams Alami, Vincent Olabiyi, Ebuka Cosmos, John Dashe, Tamunokuro Abaku, Sahabi Lima, Emmanuel Aginwa, Precious Kingsley, Tamunosiki Achese, Salomi Wareboka, Sunday Reginald, Boma Oba, Vivian Golden and Emeka Benson. 

Despite not being convicted, Deborah and the others remained down bars, chopped disconnected from their families, portion her girl suffered successful isolation until her tragic death.

A root adjacent to the concern told SaharaReporters that the young woman, who had been struggling alone, yet fell sick and died. 

“Deborah Erema mislaid her daughter. She died aft struggling unsocial each these years to fend for her mother, Erema Deborah, and her younger brother, Precious Kingsley, who is besides present alongside his mother,” the root said.

“The bittersweet portion is that she was not allowed to permission to hide her daughter.”

The root added that different detainee, Tamunokuro Abaku, besides mislaid his elder brother, who had been his lone root of support.  

"Tamunokuro Abaku besides mislaid his elder brother, who was a backbone to his younger brother's well-being," the root said.  

The root noted that Erema’s girl had excessively overmuch load connected her shoulders, taking attraction of herself, her siblings, and her incarcerated mother.  

“Yes, due to the fact that she had truthful overmuch to attraction for. She was a azygous parent of astir 2 oregon 3 kids. So adding the mum's concern became excessively overmuch for her. She took sick for a portion and died later," the root said.  

Families Threatened, Denied Access  

Relatives of the detainees accidental they person been prevented from visiting their loved ones successful custody, further raising concerns implicit the legality of their continued detention.  

"While they were astatine the station, they threatened our families from visiting them. And up until now, we are not allowed to sojourn them," a household subordinate told SaharaReporters.  

Pregnant Sickle Cell Patient Chained to Hospital Bed 

Another unfortunate of what sources picture arsenic "Patience Jonathan’s wickedness" is Salome, a pistillate with sickle compartment illness who was arrested portion she was 4 months pregnant.  

"What astir the four-month large woman with sickle compartment illness who was besides arrested and made to spell done her wickedness? Her sanction is Salome," different root said.  

When asked astir Salome’s existent condition, the root revealed that portion she was yet granted bail, it came with stringent conditions.  

“No. She was granted bail with unbelievable bail conditions aft giving commencement portion successful detention and astir mislaid her beingness astatine the Federal Medical Centre with chains connected her legs to the bed," the root disclosed.  

Even aft regaining her freedom, Salome has ne'er afloat recovered from the trauma of her detention.  

"No sir, she's retired there, but successful and retired of infirmary admissions. She ne'er had unchangeable wellness aft her transportation done this means," the root added.  

When contacted, Bayelsa State Police Command, ASP Musa Mohammed told SaharaReporters that helium was not alert of the matter. 

“I americium conscionable proceeding astir the case, but I committedness you, I volition look into it. I volition decidedly analyse and get backmost to you,” helium told SaharaReporters during a telephone speech connected Friday morning.