PHOTO: Man Sent To Prison For Uprooting His Master's Cassava

Yesterday, one Mr. Kennedy Omokaro who was arrested and charged to court for uprooting his master's cassava - had his bail perfected by human rights activist; Comrade Kola Edokpayi in company with other comrades. According to reports, after uprooting his master's cassava, the man sold it for N3,000 to buy food stuff because his master has not paid him for two months.

According to Kola Edokpayi‎, the young man had already spent three months in Benin Prison before his sister who was frustrated brought the matter to the his notice last weekend through a friend and he swung into action and got the arrested man out of prison within 72 hours.

Speaking after the young man's release from incarceration, Kola Edokpayi said; "I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work".