We have featured Moses before on this site since news of his release has been received. Briefly, he was arrested for allegedly stealing some mobile phones. He was then brutally tortured and the confession extracted from him was used to sentence him to death. He has been in prison for 10 years but a world wide campaign has resulted in his release. The Salisbury group was active on his behalf and over 400 signatures were collected and a petition sent to the Nigerian Embassy in London.
Moses has written a description of his release and how he was reunited with his family and this can be read here:
An item on Moses and the involvement of the Salisbury Group appeared in the Salisbury Journal on 2 July which unfortunately does not appear to be available on line.
Moses’ piece ends thus:
If I have my way, and can stop torture, I will be the happiest man on earth. I don’t want any future generation to go through what I went through in that torture chamber.
On 28 May 2015, Moses was pardoned after nearly 10 years in jail. Over 800,000 of you around the world took action demanding justice.
Nigeria fact sheet prepared at the time of the campaign.
Amnesty in Salisbury 