Nigeria: London's Eastlea School Students Celebrating Release of Nigerian Prisoner

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Students demonstrated at Nigerian High Commission for 16-year-old Moses Akatugba's release after fingernails pulled out with pliers for theft of three mobile phones

Students at Eastlea Community School in Newham in east London are celebrating the release of a Nigerian man who spent over nine years in jail - including more than a year on death row - after originally being detained when he was just 16 years old.

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