PRESIDENT BUHARI GIVES FREEDOM TO 19 INMATES, 75 YEAR OLD MAN AND HIS SON

Committee working for President Buhari , committee on correctional service Decongestion and Reforms has released 19 inmates including a 75-year-old man and his son.

They were all released from the Kuje Medium Security Correctional Centre, FCT Abuja.

The 75yr old man and his son had spent 13 years in Prison awaiting trial. All the freed inmates were not identified.

Chairman of the Presidential Committee Justice Ishaq Bello visited Kuje Correctional Centre on December 19th he explained the conditions placed on the release of the inmates he said:

based on age, inability to pay fine, ill-health and overstay of statutory detention period. Committee is working hard to increase Skill Acquisition Centres as part of efforts to make inmates acquire skills on any job of interest to enable them start a new life after the completion of their jail terms. Exercise was in line with President Buhari's foresight to decongest the custodial centres to meet with the international standard of criminal Justice and human rights standard

The inmates will be entitled to 25 per cent of the proceeds of products from the centres.