Former Sokoto State Governor and Chairman of Senate Committee on Defence, Magatakarda Wamakko, has paid for the release of 33 inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Sokoto. In a statement by his media aide, Bashir Rabe Mani on Friday in Sokoto, the lawmaker said the benefiting inmates had their fines and compensations paid by
Former Sokoto State Governor and Chairman of Senate Committee on Defence, Magatakarda Wamakko, has paid for the release of 33 inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Sokoto.
Mani also disclosed that the release of the inmates was facilitated through Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko Free Legal Services Foundation with each inmate given the sum of N5,000 for Transport to their various destinations.“This is part of the perennial gesture of Senator Wamakko during the Holy Month of Ramadan, to enable the released inmates celebrate the Eid-el-fitr with their various families.”
DCP Idris added, “this noble gesture cannot come at a better time than now when the world is grappling with the raging global Coronavirus Disease , pandemic. Addressing the freed inmates, Senator Wamakko, who chairs the Foundation, appealed to them to steer clear of any crime.
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