After serving two years of a seven years prison term, 50 years old house help, Lydia Joel has regained her freedom, courtesy of philanthropist and CEO of Stanel Group, Mr Stanley Uzochukwu.
Lydia was jailed for allegedly stealing a George Wrapper from her mistress
“My madam gave me clothes to wash and I washed them. But in the evening when I gathered the clothes, the George wrapper was missing from the clothes on the line. That was the beginning of my problem. The woman said I stole the cloth; I said I was not the one, but she didn’t believe me.
“She called the police to arrest me and because she has money to influence the police, I was charged to court with different count charges.
“That was how I was eventually charged to court and jailed for 7 years with an option of fine of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira Only (N150, 000.00). I had nobody to pay that kind of big money, so I resigned to fate in the prison to serve the jail term.
“While in prison, I was frustrated, depressed and hopeless for serving a jail term for a crime I didn’t commit. I thought it was all over in life,’’ she said after breathing the air of freedom.
She said that other inmates also benefited from Stanley Uzochukwu’s visit to Jos Prison.
“I was only happy for the food items but never knew that Stanley Uzochukwu is a God sent; a ‘messiah’ to secure my freedom.
“He set about 25 inmates free from the very day he visited with a truck of food items. And my case was mentioned to him and he promised he would do something.
“But I didn’t believe he could keep to his promise until he, indeed, sent some persons to the prison authorities to initiate the process of making payment for my fine of N150,000.00. This was unbelievable! As God may have it to the shame of my enemies, he paid the fine and I was set free.’’
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