He however, explained that beyond decongesting the prisons, the ministry, under his watch, is majorly tasked with securing Nigeria’s borders, and to this
Minister of interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has hinted of plans by the ministry to clear the over N500 million fines for about 4,000 inmates over their inability to pay fines slammed on them by judges and magistrates in the various custodial centres nationwide.
The minister, who said the move is to ensure their release is geared towards decongesting the correctional facilities housing inmates in the country. He lamented that over 70 percent of the total population in the nation’s custodial centres are awaiting trial inmates Tunji-Ojo made the revelation while reeling out the challenges associated with decongestion and other critical issues bordering on the correctional mandate of his ministry during an exclusive interview on ARISE TV.
This is even as he disclosed that to match his vows with actions, a committee had already been set up to figure out factors responsible for congestion in the country’s correctional centres, as well as how best to reduce the number.
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