Presidential Committee frees 84 prisoners - The Nation Nigeria

Presidential Committee frees 84 prisoners

The Presidential Committee on Prisons Reform and Decongestion has secured the release of a total of 84 prisons inmates from the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Prisons Service.

They were advised to re-enter the free society with apologies to their parents and other loved ones for their misconducts and become useful citizens to themselves, families and the entire nation.

Also present at the committee’s sitting in the prisons were the Chief Judge of Edo State Hon. Justice Esohen Ikponmwen; the Controller of Prisons CP Joseph Usendiah; the State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice Prof. Oluyinka Osayame Omorogbe, Senior Judges of the High Courts and Magistrates among others.

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