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Yusuf Alabi paintings, the young man who attracted attention nationally in 2023 after remaining boldly in front of the convoy of the Peter Obi campaign, told a chilling story of brutality of the police, unjust imprisonment and dehumanizing treatment while in custody in the Kirikiri prison.
Speaking during an emotional interview on Monday on Monday on the television of the channels, Alabi revealed that he had been framed by criminals in his neighborhood, held by the police officer of the Amukoko police division, and subsequently postponed to prison for conspiracy accusations and armed robbery.
“My duty in prison from morning to evening was to clean the feces,” said Alabi, his voice broke out of emotion.
“Because I had no money to give guardians, they treated me as someone without a family. That was my daily punishment.”
Alabi, a boy who was delivering fish to Port Harcourt before his arrest, said he had been tightened by the boys of the area who accused him of being involved in a fight he knew nothing about.
“I had just returned from work when I was grasped by some boys in the area. They told the police that I was part of a group that destroyed the property and stole the phones. I was arrested on the spot and locked up with elderly men that I didn’t even know,” he said.
His problems, he said, derived from his viral act of courage during the 2023 elections when he was challenged with an air in front of the presidential candidate of the Labor Party, Peter Obi’s convoy – a moment that attracted admiration and public support.
But fame had a price.
“After that moment of the campaign it became viral, some people told my mother to share the money that Peter Obi gave me,” Alabi said.
“They threatened to kidnap me if we hadn’t respected. My mom refused. He asked me if they would share the pain if I had been killed and killed at that moment.”
The refusal, according to Alabi, brought to a deliberate plot by the area the boys to frame him, culminating in his arrest and imprisonment.
The prison experience, he said, left deep scars.
“I was in hell,” he remembered. “Nobody listened to me. I kept telling them that I was innocent, but nobody cared.”
Despite the trauma, Alabi said he was focused on the reconstruction of his life. He thanked the Nigerians who supported him during his ordeal and expressed a strong desire to return to school and leave the toxic environment that contributed to his suffering.
“I want to become a better person. I want to leave the area because people have come an eye on me. But I’m ready to go back to school,” he said. “God will bless the Nigerians for not having forgotten me.”
The story of Alabi has rekindled the concerns about systemic injustice, the police abuses and the difficult situation of the Nigerian young people in the disadvantaged communities that often become victims of power, poverty and politics.
While his viral act of courage once he symbolized the spirit of youth in the change of change, his recent revelations now serve as a clear reminder of the deep issues that still afflict the country’s judicial system.
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