A Nigerian pastor has instructed the BBC about how he was tortured and flogged for two several hours mainly because of Facebook posts in which he criticised a area formal for failing in his responsibility to build roads.
Okochi Chukwu Obeni stated a neighborhood classic council in the Afikpo North region of the south-eastern condition of Ebonyi termed him to a conference.
“They made me lie on my back and experience the sun. Immediately after that gave me 50 lashes, tied my hand to the again and created me lie in filthy water for over two several hours,” he explained to the BBC’s Igbo provider.
“The men and women that filmed the complete incident… they pressured me to recant the posts I manufactured,” the pastor reported.
“Right now, I am in the hospital, and I am yet to regain complete use of my hands.
“A human legal rights group assisted me with the first clinic fees but just about every other expense has appear from my pocket.”
The video of his flogging brought on outrage on social media and 10 people ended up arrested on Wednesday for their involvement in the incident.
