Dauda Shehu

“All of a sudden, we realised that we could not breathe and we started scrambling to get fresh air.”

Dauda Shehu · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18

Shehu described detainees losing the ability to breathe and scrambling for fresh air in the overcrowded cell.

“We were jam-packed and there was no ventilation for us to breathe well,”

Dauda Shehu · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-18

Shehu told the Associated Press that 65 detainees were packed into a poorly ventilated cell and may have suffocated.