- A truly emotional scene played out as Kolawole Oladeji, a man wrongly imprisoned for 25 years, finally walked free from Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison — and straight into the arms of his mother.
- Oladeji, a generator repair technician, was arrested way back in 1999 over the alleged theft and sale of a Lister generator.
- He had insisted on his innocence, but in 2003, he and a co-accused were sentenced to death — a sentence later reduced to life imprisonment.
An emotional video has surfaced online showing the tearful reunion between Kolawole Oladeji and his mother after he was released from Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison, where he spent 25 years over a generator theft case he was wrongly accused of.
Kolawole Oladeji has finally regained his freedom after spending 25 years in Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison for a generator theft he was wrongly accused of.
Arrested in 1999 and sentenced to death in 2003—later reduced to life imprisonment—Oladeji maintained his innocence throughout. His case gained renewed attention after activist group Take-It-Back Movement and TikToker Seaking pushed for his release.
He was freed on July 1, 2025, and the emotional moment he reunited with his mother outside the prison moved many online.
Activists are now calling for justice, compensation, and urgent reforms in Nigeria’s justice system.
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