Headfort Foundation for Justice

Founded in 2019, Headfort Foundation is a non-partisan, registered, nonprofit organization committed and dedicated to upholding and advocating for Human Rights in Nigeria. We close the Nigerian justice gap through legal aid, evidence based advocacy and innovative technology solutions. We provide access to justice through free legal representation for indigent victims of human rights abuse in prison and underprivileged Nigerians stuck in the justice system. We have provided free legal aid to over 2000 Nigerians and have secured the release of 564+ indigent and wrongly detained inmates from correctional facilities across five states in Nigeria. Our work has drawn the attention of national and international media such as Aljazeera, BBC Africa, Nas Daily and Guardian UK Headfort Foundation has been actively working towards providing indigent and underprivileged Nigerians stuck in the legal system with legal aid and capacity building to prevent marginalized Nigerians from being victi...