Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), said 1,100 inmates from the Agodi Correctional Centre in Ibadan are currently awaiting trial for various offences.
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The Magistrate, P. O. Adetuyibi, who did not take his plea, ordered his remand at Agodi Correctional Centre, Ibadan.
The police charged a bus driver, Kehinde Kayode, 29, and Ibrahim Yusuf, 21, with conspiracy and murder.
The trio who were arrested, charged to court and subsequently detained were released on Tuesday by an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court.
They were also accused of assaulting some police officers.
The clash led to the burning of the Idi Ogungun Police Outstation by some angry youths, while another police station opposite the centre was reportedly damaged.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission charged Olayemi Ayola and Olalekan Adekunle with two counts of conspiracy and account hacking.
The police charged Momodu, who lives in Omi-Adio, Ibadan, with rape.
The Chief Magistrate, Emmanuel Idowu, did not take the plea of Olorunfemi, Oloruntoba Akinwumi and Oluwayemisi Ibiwande because the court lacked jurisdiction over the matter.