Founder and Pro-Chancellor, Adeleke
University, Ede; also The Chairman , Springtime
Development Foundation , Dr. Adedeji
Adeleke, has secured the release of
about 200 inmates of the Ilesa Prison
in Osun State .

The Vice - Chairman of the foundation ,
Mr. Banji Adesuyi , said this at the
Ilesa Prison on Tuesday when the
group was donating 700 mattresses
and the same number of pillows to the
inmates .

Adesuyi said Adeleke became aware
that inmates of the prison were
sleeping on the bare floor when he
went to pay a visit to an embattled
chieftain of the All Progressives
Congress, Alhaji Diekola Oyedele , who
was detained at the prison .

He explained that the foundation paid
for the release of inmates , who were
incarcerated because they could not
pay fines as low as N 5 ,000 , stressing
that the foundation did not secure the
release of any inmate convicted
because of crime .

Adesuyi said Adeleke was not
prompted to secure the release of the
inmates because of political reason but
purely on humanitarian ground .

According to him, the foundation will
not limit the gesture to Ilesa Prison ,
stating that it will soon extend the
same gesture to Ile - Ife Prison before
moving outside the state.

The foundation ’s chairman said that
the organisation would ensure that
inmates were introduced to computer
literacy, tailoring and woodwork in
order to make them useful members
of the society even after completing
their jail terms.

Adesuyi said , “ Dr. Deji Adeleke paid
for the release of over 200 inmates last
week when he came to visit a
prominent politician, who was
detained at the prison .

“ A woman was detained with her baby
because she could not pay a debt of
N65 , 000 , he ( Adeleke ) paid the debt,
the woman was released and he also
gave her another N 100 ,000 to start
another trade . ”

The Managing Director of the
foundation , Samuel Oyalabu , said
Adeleke’s gesture should spur other
Nigerians to do the little they could to
alleviate the suffering of the poor.

One of the inmates , Ekene
Madunagwu , who spoke on behalf of
his colleagues , expressed appreciation
to Adeleke , saying he had not seen
anybody demonstrate the kind of
gesture shown by the businessman.


https://www.punchng.com/adeleke-secures-release-of-200-prison-inmates/

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@honneymills I dey here

Fresh Agberos for hire?

is evans still in jail

Good one from Dr Adeleke.
God bless you.

Although i was thinking its "Michael Jackson" Adeleke,the newly elected SINator.