Morning recap: Sex workers scramble as anti–HIV jab runs out, Obi, Momodu condemn El-Rufai’s prolonged detention, other top stories

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Sex workers and other eligible Nigerians are increasingly seeking the twice-yearly injectable HIV-prevention drug, Lenacapavir, as growing demand depletes supplies in some states participating in the Federal Government’s pilot programme.

Findings by Saturday PUNCH showed that Benue, Kwara, Gombe and Cross River states have experienced stock-outs barely months after the rollout of the long-acting injection.

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New details emerging from the suicide of a polytechnic student, Al-Amin Mohammed, suggest that the mishandling of the matter by the Oyo State Police Command triggered his death.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that the police allegedly failed to interrogate or arrest the woman accused of taking Al-Amin’s mobile phone, which started the dispute.

Our correspondent had reported that the 30-year-old was detained by the Sanyo Police Division over a debt of N8,000.

When his family failed to pay the N100,000 allegedly demanded by the police for his bail, he was taken to court.

The presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, and a chieftain of the African Democratic Congress, Dele Momodu, have renewed calls for the release of former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, who has remained in custody since February.

Obi’s media aide, Idris Zekeri, told Saturday PUNCH that the former Anambra State governor had consistently demanded that El-Rufai’s case be addressed through due process.

📰 Source: Punch Nigeria