Wale Akinnusi has spent six years at the Kirikiri Prison and has no hope of being released soon. The 51-year-old was arrested ........................
at the Kirikiri Prison and has no hope of being released soon. The 51-year-old was arrested in 2013 and has since remained in detention for allegedly raping a 19-year-old in Lagos.
Mr Akinnusi is one of many Nigerians languishing in detention for alleged crimes – civil or criminal – without conviction. He also belongs to a peculiar set of awaiting trial inmates who cannot afford the services of a lawyer. “He will be given adequate time and facilities to get legal representation. It’s a constitutional right. In order words, the Legal Aid Council are to an accused what the Ministry of Justice is to the state,” he added.put the number of inmates in Nigerian prisons at 73,995 out of whom only 23,568 have been tried and convicted, while 50,427 are awaiting trial.under the Federal Ministry of Justice.
In Nigeria, private legal practitioners registered on panels of practitioners maintained by the Legal Aid Council in accordance with the Legal Aid Act provide legal services to the Legal Aid Council for a nominal fee. This is a small fee paid to these lawyers by the council but not the actual value of their service.
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