Gender: Female
Perpetrator: Nigeria
Religion or Belief: Shaman
Date of Detainment: January//2026
Current Status: Not Released
Most Recent Type of Abuse: Detainment
Obiageri Ottih is detained for her religious activity.
In January 2026, Nigerian "Tiger Base" unit police officers arrested Ottih after some of her family members accused her and her husband of practicing witchcraft. Authorities confiscated their religious objects and held Ottih for four days before releasing her on bail.
In February 2026, Tiger Base police officers rearrested Obiageri Ottihand and confined her to the Tiger Base detention center to further investigate her alleged witchcraft, punishable under the Imo State Criminal Code.