Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, the Minister of Interior, disclosed this on Tuesday.
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The minister made this known on Saturday at the Kuje Medium Correctional Centre, where 37 of the inmates were released.
This statement was made by the Deputy Controller of Correction (DCC) Medium Custodial Centre in Kirikiri Prison, Apapa, Ogbuji C. Emeka.
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.
Adamawa Jail Delivery Committee, led by Justice Hafsat Abdulrahaman, has discharged 42 inmates awaiting trial and granted 27 others bail, in its ongoing statewide assignment.
The Oyo Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Monday, said it trained 109 inmates on how to bake bread.
A total of 54,171 inmates out of the 79,076 inmates in correctional centres nationwide as at July 31, are awaiting-trial persons.
The six students – Dave Falade, Otse Unogwu, Ife Atilola, Zachary Abu, Ugomsinachi Okoronkwo and Nathan Oyinlola – all in JSS 2, decided on humanitarian intervention under “The Duke of Edinburgh Project” initiative.
The defendant made the allegation on Tuesday when he was dragged to the High Court with a charge of defilement.
Bartholomew Onyeka announced this when he presented him and other suspects to the media on Monday in Jos.
Demi Minor, who is serving a 30-year sentence for stabbing her former foster father to death, was moved from the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility to the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility.
Chief Judge of the State, Justice Musa Nathan, confirmed this to newsmen in Yola, the State capital, affirming that the freed imates included six females.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Anjorin Olanrewaju, made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Ibadan.
There was a skirmish at the centre when some awaiting trial inmates, especially recaptured escapees, started a protest which led to a confrontation between them and convicted inmates.
Sola Fasure, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘Armed Attack On Abolongo Custodial Centre.’
Its Public Relations Officer, Olanrewaju Anjorin, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan.
Aliyu Abubakar, the Director-General of the council, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday on the sidelines of a two-day working visit to Lagos State.
The spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr. Francis Enobore, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, stating that the attack took place at about midnight on Sunday.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Malam Abba Anwar, disclosed this in a statement in Kano.
Yahuza who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lafia said the inmates were reading for various degrees in different disciplines.