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How Typographical Error Kept Man in Prison For 14 Years After Pardon
![]() ![]() ![]() While a false accusation or not being arraigned have kept many in prison hence the recent campaign for prison reforms and decongestion, that of a 48-year-old man, Derrick Addai, was over a typographical error. The Nigerian man convicted of drug peddling in Thailand, reportedly spent five years and six months in Thai prison before being repatriated to Nigeria in 2005 following the intervention of the then President Olusegun Obasanjo. He however had more time in Nigerian prison, as a typographical error struck out his name from the list of pardoned inmates approved by the Presidency. He got his freedom back afer the Osile of Oke-Ona, Oba Adedapo Tejuoso, and the Director General of the Prison Rehabilitation Mission International, Bishop Kayode Williams intervened.
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