A former Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture, Tourism and Diaspora Affairs, Osaze Osemwingie-Ero, on Friday, disclosed that over 300 Nigerian youths are languishing in Italian prisons for trumped-up charges on mafia-related offences.
Speaking during an interview on Arise TV, Osemwingie-Ero said he learnt about the plight of the innocent young Nigerians during his wrongful detention in Italy as a result of a “very corrupt and complex system.“We have over 300 Nigerian youths who are unjustly being held in prisons because of these mafia-related crimes; they didn’t commit the crime.”
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