The Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Suleiman Dikko, has
granted pardon to 20 inmates awaiting trial in Laifa, Keffi, Wamba
and Nasarawa Prisons.
Mr. Diko pardoned the inmates on Thursday at the end of his
four-day tour of prison formations across the state.
He told journalists in that two of the inmates were from Lafia,
17 from Keffi, while one is from Wamba prisons respectively.
He explained that the routine visit was part of his duties aimed
at decongesting the prisons in the state and ensuring that inmates
who were wrongly detained got justice.
“Given the alarming rate of crime in the state, particularly in
Mararaba-Abuja area, all hands must be on deck to ensure that
justice prevailed.
“The police and the state Ministry of Justice need to get more
counsels in order to effectively prosecute the rising number of
cases in the state,” he said.
He urged the police, prison authorities and other stakeholders
to rise up to their responsibilities by ensuring speedy
administration of justice in the state.
He advised the discharged inmates to exhibit good character and
avoid committing crimes that would take them back to prison.
Earlier, Dalyop Patrick, the Controller of Prisons in the state,
said the four prisons had 1, 402 inmates.
Mr. Patrick said 514 of them were convicts while 905 were
awaiting trial.
He appealed for more vehicles to take inmates to courts among
others.
(NAN)
The Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Suleiman Dikko, has
granted pardon to 20 inmates awaiting trial in Laifa, Keffi, Wamba
and Nasarawa Prisons.
Mr. Diko pardoned the inmates on Thursday at the end of his
four-day tour of prison formations across the state.
He told journalists in that two of the inmates were from Lafia,
17 from Keffi, while one is from Wamba prisons respectively.
He explained that the routine visit was part of his duties aimed
at decongesting the prisons in the state and ensuring that inmates
who were wrongly detained got justice.
“Given the alarming rate of crime in the state, particularly in
Mararaba-Abuja area, all hands must be on deck to ensure that
justice prevailed.
“The police and the state Ministry of Justice need to get more
counsels in order to effectively prosecute the rising number of
cases in the state,” he said.
He urged the police, prison authorities and other stakeholders
to rise up to their responsibilities by ensuring speedy
administration of justice in the state.
He advised the discharged inmates to exhibit good character and
avoid committing crimes that would take them back to prison.
Earlier, Dalyop Patrick, the Controller of Prisons in the state,
said the four prisons had 1, 402 inmates.
Mr. Patrick said 514 of them were convicts while 905 were
awaiting trial.
He appealed for more vehicles to take inmates to courts among
others.
(NAN)
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