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International report

Wednesday 07 December 2011

Inside Nigeria's prisons

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David Lewu spent 14 years in prison for a crime he did not commit.

Rosie Collyer

By Rosie Collyer

The radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has unleashed a reign of terror in northern Nigeria. Since the death of its leader in police custody, the group has stepped up its campaign detonating bombs and assassinating officials on an almost daily basis. They aim to rid Nigeria of Western education and to impose Sharia law in a country that is evenly divided between Muslims and Christians. In the fourth of a five-part series, RFI's correspondent looks at prisons, another of the factors that have led to more people flocking to Boko Haram.

Dossier: Sharia wars - Boko Haram v the military in northern Nigeria