Nigerian Man Wrongly Imprisoned In US For 15 Years Gets $10m Compensation After Being Set Free

A Nigerian man who lives in the United States of America has been released from prison after serving wrong prison term for 15 years.

Tony Ugochukwu (Photo Credit: Omobola Jomog Olajumoke FB

 

A United States-Based Nigerian, Tony Ugochkwu, has been set free from prison after spending 15 out of the 18 years he was wrongly convicted for murder.

 

For being a victim of wrong identity, he is to be paid $10 million by the government on the order of a court.

 

Ugochukwu, according a brief story by Facebook, left the prison on Tuesday.