“The exercise is to grant freedom to those who may have overstayed their sentence if they were tried and convicted to serve their terms.'
The Chief Judge of Ebonyi, Elvis Ngene on Tuesday at Ukpa, Afikpo in Afikpo North local government area of Ebonyi released 12 inmates of Afikpo Custodial Centre during a jail delivery.
The CJ pointed out that the exercise was not aimed at throwing open the gate of the facility for suspects to go but rather to provide succour to those inmates that deserved it. “The exercise is also to grant bail to those who have been in custody over minor cases which are bailable offences and whose cases information have not been filed on.
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