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Falana, who also chairs Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond , in a statement yesterday, admonished the minister to spend the N500 million on the welfare of inmates while alternative decongestion policies are considered.
He advised the minister to request the President and governors to exercise their prerogative of mercy by granting pardon to the 4,000 convicts on grounds of impecuniosity to facilitate their release from custody.Admitting that the minister deserves commendation for the initiative, he insisted on his call for a review of the plan.
He also recalled that the convicts and awaiting trial inmates were granted amnesty and released on the orders of former President Muhammadu Buhari, as part of the prison decongestion policy of the Federal Government. The lawyer also urged the minister to request the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chief Judges of states and the Federal Capital Territory to visit the correctional centres and exercise their powers under the Criminal Justice Act by ordering the release of all inmates whose detention is either manifestly unlawful.
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