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Wipsi Stories (Episode 10)

As soon as the gavel banged on the table, everything became blurry, the voices around me became muffled and my eyes started to water. All my senses became stifled, the only thing I felt in that moment were the warm streams of water which flowed down my cheeks. 

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Wipsi Stories (Episode 9)

Civil debt! They said the crime I had committed was civil debt. That I had stolen some money and it needed to be paid. They came to my home, a place I had called sacred, a place my children knew as sanctuary, a place I fed travelling family members passing by the neighbourhood who had now come to know it as sanctuary also.

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WIPSI Stories (Episode 7)

Assigned the task of collecting overdue payments, Amaka, like her colleagues, was expected to put pressure on defaulting clients. However, a left turn of unimaginable proportions awaited her when she, to her shock, found herself arrested by her own boss. Placed in prison alongside those who had defaulted on their loans, Amaka faced a cascade of unfortunate developments.

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WIPSI Stories (Episode 6)

In a shocking turn of events, Julie, driven by an unexplained bitterness, sowed seeds of discord in the community against her own mother. With accusations that her mother sponsored thieves and even possessed firearms. These allegations carried weight because the neighbourhood had been ravaged with a series of armed robberies. It also carried weight because, no one would ever think that a daughter would make such heavy allegations against her mother without there being some truth to it. She rallied the entire neighbourhood, imploring them to attack her mother.

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WIPSI Stories (Episode 5)

Modupe is currently in jail awaiting trial, with both her children being witnesses to the incident. She has not been before any court yet because the  DPP advice has not been issued. She is however not without legal representation. WIPSI is committed to following up with her case and making sure that the DPP advice is out for a proper trial.

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WIPSI STORIES (Episode 2)

At 7:30 am, tired and hungry, she made a desperate decision that ultimately became her undoing. She went to the Yam seller’s stall and impulsively picked up 17 tubers of yam, having no means or ability to pay. She claimed to have had the intention to sell the yams, hoping to turn a profit. Unfortunately, she was caught in the act……

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WIPSI STORIES (Episode 1)

Being 18 is something every teenager looks forward to. It’s a time for self-discovery and adventure. Our inmate 101 is currently spending her time of “self-discovery and adventure” in the walls of the female correctional center at Surulere, Ondo town. It’s been quite a time for her in prison. Before prison, she lived with her mother and had a job as a sales person at a petrol station. When we sat down to draw from this well, she told us that her employer had not paid her salary and insisted there was a shortage in the money she was to pay and insisted she pay.

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