Wrongfully Arrested in Nigeria: Dara's Story and Her Fight Against Period Poverty | ITASS

Dara was wrongfully arrested alongside her mother, sister, and neighbours by Nigerian police after a dispute over a wrongly sent bank transfer. What followed was police intimidation, violence, illegal detention — and being denied pads during her period. This is the story of how she turned that trauma into PADANIMATE, an initiative fighting period poverty in Nigerian prisons.

In this episode we cover:

- How a simple request for a refund led to wrongful arrest

- Police harassment and violence against her and her family

- Being denied sanitary products during menstruation while in detention

- Illegal transfer to a distant prison

- How PADANIMATE was born from this experience

- Period poverty and women's rights in Nigerian prisons

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