Lagos Chief Judge, Justice Ayotunde Philips yesterday released 233 inmates, majority of whom were awaiting trials at the Kirikiri Prisons, Lagos.
The exercise which formed part of the on-going new legal year programmes was also a step to de-congest the prisons.
Most of the lucky inmates have stayed for over 12 years.
The Chief Judge, who was accompanied by senior members of the judiciary including judges and the Chief Registrar, released 133 inmates from the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison and 103 from the Medium Security Prison.
She, however, shifted forward the attempt to release inmates from the women prisons, also located at Kirikiri.
Apart from the on-going legal year programme, the Chief Judge was empowered to release the inmates pursuant to the powers conferred on her under Section 1 (1) of the Criminal Justice Release from Custody Act, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2007.
2 comments:
I fear this people will still cause more harm
To de-congest mmmmhhhhhh
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