Nigeria: Prison Inmates Protest Ban of Marijuana

17 December 2016

There was tension in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, on Friday as inmates of the Abakaliki prison protested the ban of Indian hemp by the prison authorities.

The protest led to prison officials sealing off the FMC Road leading to the prisons.

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