Chidinma Ilechukwu🌴

🌴Justice Drives Me.
📌Retweet does not mean my endorsement.

[Chidinma Ilechukwu🌴 @iamHisPearl]

Psalms 62:11 God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God.

Shared via Bible KJV https://t.co/XoCUnV9F6x

[Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption @RoLACNG]

A toddler’s life behind bars, the harsh reality of arrests in lieu in Nigeria💔

In November 2025, we met Margaret, an incarcerated young mother whose 2-year-old son has never experienced life outside the walls of the correctional facilities in Kurmawa and Goron Dutse of Kano State, not because she is guilty of any crime, but because she was arrested in lieu of someone when she was only a month pregnant with him!

While we’ve taken on the case through our partners, this encounter reveals the sharp contrast between policies and their effective implementation within the criminal justice system where illegal practices like arrests in lieu and similar provisions in state laws still persist.

To further address such illegalities, the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption (RoLAC) Programme @RoLACNG is advancing the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) through targeted advocacy, capacity-building for justice actors and educative entertainment work like “Abokin Kowa” to enlighten citizens and the general public on their rights and pathways to justice👌

Watch out for the second part of “Abokin Kowa” as it addresses more gaps in Nigeria’s justice system.

Funded by @EUinNigeria; implemented by International IDEA (@Int_IDEA)

#RoLAC #RoLACComponent1 #EuInNigeria #CriminalJusticeReform #AccessToJustice

[HerStoryOurStoryNG @HerStoryOSNG]

🚨UPDATE: We're excited to announce that there are now 50 Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs)🏥 in Nigeria, across 24 states and the FCT which provide critical emergency medical assistance and psychosocial support for survivors of Sexual and Gender-based Violence.

[Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption @RoLACNG]

Apply now.

[HerStoryOurStoryNG @HerStoryOSNG]

🎥 [Exciting Highlights] Catch a glimpse of the study visit by the FCT Women Affairs Secretariat and the Abia State Ministry of Women Affairs to @Lagosdsva and Idera Sexual Assault Referral Center! 👀✨
The visit was supported by @RoLACNG program implemented by @IIDEA_UN and funded by @EUinNigeria

[Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption @RoLACNG]

Earlier today, the Director General of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON), Abubakar Bagudu, alongside Convener, Duty Solicitors Network (DSN), Adebayo Akinlade, officially launched the Free Legal Clinic at the ongoing Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Annual General Conference (AGC) in Lagos from 26 -29 August 2024.

With our support, the 4-day legal clinic has been organised by DSN with 94 lawyers from all over Nigeria signed up to volunteer free legal advice and representation to artisans, traders, and informal sector workers as well as awaiting trial detainees in police stations around the Lagos Island environs.

Today alone, 48 indigent citizens have benefited from the Clinics, with many more to receive legal aid over the next few days.

#bayoace #LegalAidCouncilNigeria #NBAAGC2024 #EUInNigeria #RoLACNG

[HerStoryOurStoryNG @HerStoryOSNG]

🚨 UPDATE: We're excited to announce that there are now 45 Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) in Nigeria, across 22 states and the FCT 🏥 which provide critical, emergency medical assistance and psychosocial support for survivors of Sexual and Gender-based Violence 🧵

[HerStoryOurStoryNG @HerStoryOSNG]

Earlier this week, the @fmojustice's Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Response Unit hosted a 2-day consultative workshop with key stakeholders to discuss the proposed amendments to the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act 2015 (VAPPA).

[HerStoryOurStoryNG @HerStoryOSNG]

[Exciting update] 🔍 Last week, on July 25, 2024, representatives from the Abia State Government, including the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation and the Ministry of Health, visited the Idera Sexual Assault Referral Centre at Alimosho General Hospital. 🧵

[Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption @RoLACNG]

Earlier this month, we supported the FCT Women Affairs Secretariat to convene the Quarterly Coordination Meeting of the FCT-SGBV Response Team. The aim of the meeting was to receive updates from members of the response team on the status of SGBV cases referred to their organisations as well as identify and proffer solutions to challenges associated with SGBV response mechanisms.

[Chidinma Ilechukwu🌴 @iamHisPearl]

@Lagosdsva It was a very impactful study visit. All thanks to @Lagosdsva for sharing knowledge generously and @RoLACNG for providing the much needed support.

[HerStoryOurStoryNG @HerStoryOSNG]

Together, we can inspire change and build a Nigeria that protects the most vulnerable. 

Happy International Women’s Month. #IWD2024 #HerStoryOurStoryNG #InspireInclusion

[Chidinma Ilechukwu🌴 @iamHisPearl]

Nigeria will prevail!

[Chidinma Ilechukwu🌴 @iamHisPearl]

This is how it should be.

Standing tall on the side of truth and justice.

[Channels Television @channelstv]

The INEC Returning Officer in the Abia State governorship election, Prof. Nnenna Oti, has revealed that she was offered a financial incentive to manipulate the election results.

https://t.co/h7diSxPTkq

[Chidinma Ilechukwu🌴 @iamHisPearl]

@PeterObi

You are an embodiment of hope.

For your mandate, aka Chukwu di ya.

[Concerned Nigerian @concerned_NG1]

@Sports_Doctor2 Soludo thought the people was applauding him and was smiling, boom Peter Obi appear and Soludo facial expressions changed immediately. 😂😂😂😂😂

[Chidinma Ilechukwu🌴 @iamHisPearl]

@wdmorrisjr Thank you so much

[Chidinma Ilechukwu🌴 @iamHisPearl]

@inecnigeria your text message to me asks me to vote and also make my vote count.

It's my responsibility to cast my vote.

You count our votes, it's your responsibility to make it count.

Please make the votes of Nigerians count this weekend.

Thank you.

[Peter Obi @PeterObi]

As the reconfiguration of BVAS has become our watchword today, I humbly appeal to Nigerians that it's time to Reconfigure our own BVAS "BASIC VALUES ACCEPTABLE TO SOCIETY" Have a nice Sunday and may God Almighty bless Nigeria. -PO

[Chidinma Ilechukwu🌴 @iamHisPearl]

@Odeh_JuniorOdeh @NigeriaGov @ogpnigeria @opengovpart @voicetweetz @NcpwdOfficial @CCDNigeria @qualitative_the @FCT_Minister Was hoping that service delivery/access to justice for the vulnerable would be part of the commitments in the 3rd NAP.