This decision, according to available information, was driven by two main factors: their deteriorating health conditions and their prolonged detention without trial.
Browsing: prison inmates
The Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Correctional Service, ACC Abubakar Umar, made this known on Thursday.
As part of efforts address the high level of congestion of prisons across the state, the Niger State Government has set up a committee to look into ways of decongesting the prisons and improve the facilities.
Dr. Kayode Fasua, the Director-General, Nigerian College of Accountancy, Kwal, Plateau, has secured release of 13 inmates serving various jail terms at the Jos Prison.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has granted freedom to170 prison inmates across the state.
Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, disclosed this on Tuesday in Kano when members of the National Stakeholders Committee on Prisons Decongestion paid a courtesy visit to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state.
It was said that the inmate, along with his colleagues, were cutting grass at the Moat, behind the state headquarters of the Nigeria Prisons Service, when he escaped
The Edo State Comptroller of Prisons, Effiom Etowa, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin, added that the three suspects involved in the alleged crime were arrested
Shidi told the News Agency of Nigeria on phone on Monday that there was a minor riot by some inmates in Numan but the situation was brought under control
It said 55 inmates enrolled for the November/December Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE), organised by the National Examination Council and West African Examinations Council