She was released in June 1998 following Abacha's death. Members of Abacha's regime had remained unmoved during five weeks of public hearings, but after Anyanwu spoke of her treatment in prison, their heads were bent. One, in particular, seemed a changed man. Zachary Biu, the man who tried to blind me, had been unrepentant, defiant and arrogant. But yesterday he was weak, touched.
Torturers also cry.
I had come there determined that my mission was not to hug and kiss murderers and torturers, but to bring them to book. Anyanwu asked Biu to come down from the witness box, and then she hugged him.