The Kaduna State
Committee on Prisons Decongestion on Friday said it had set free 15 inmates
from the Kaduna Central Prison.
The committee’s
chairperson, Amina Dyeris-Sijuwade, who is also the state’s Attorney-General
and Commissioner for Justice, said in a statement that the gesture was part of
the ongoing prison decongestion exercise.
According to the
statement, signed by her Media Assistant, Barau Emmanuel, most of the freed
inmates, including a female, were first-time offenders held for non-capital
offences.
“The committee also
reviewed the bail conditions of several inmates that were deemed excessive,’’
the statement said.
The statement also
said that those pardoned were counselled on the need to desist from acts that
could take them back to jail.
“They were also
encouraged to start meaningful ventures or vocations and those who could return
to school were urged to do so to help themselves and the society,” it added.
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