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ARRESTED IN HIS STEAD: THE UNLAWFUL DETENTION AND ALLEGED TORTURE OF ESTHER ARANSIOLA | Lydia Ehisuoria Ohonsi, Esq.
Lydia Ehisuoria Ohonsi, Esq. A Legal Analysis under the Child Rights Act, the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria BY LYDIA EHISUORIA OHONSI ESQ. May 2026 I. Introduction On 5 May 2026, the Daily Trust published an account that crystallised, in the voice of a sixteen-year-old girl, virtually every pathology that child rights advocates and criminal justice reformers have spent decades attempting to dislodge from Nigerian law enforcement culture. Esther Aransiola, a minor resid…
