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Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by SweetLove0(f): 4:05pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Oluwafunmilayo Atilade, on Wednesday released 153 awaiting trial inmates from the Kirikiri Maximum and Medium prisons. Among the pardoned inmates were 79 being tried for capital offences. Three of the freed inmates had been standing trial for over 15 years. Justice Atilade said the amnesty granted the inmates was in line with statutory duty to ensure that the prisons were not congested. She admonished the pardoned inmates to make the best of the amnesty by not returning to criminal activities. The Chief Judge solicited the support of all relevant stakeholders in the justice system in the effort to decongest the prisons. Justice Atilade was accompanied on the visit by senior judges from the state high court, officials of the Lagos Ministry of Justice, members of the Nigerian Bar Association, various non-governmental organisations and representatives of the Nigeria Police. In his remark, the Deputy Comptroller in charge of the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Seye Oduntan, thanked the CJ for the amnesty gesture. Oduntan, who noted that there were still many inmates who deserved pardon, urged the Chief Judge to ensure the continuity of the exercise. As of Wednesday, the Kirikiri Maximum prison with a holding capacity of 1,053 inmates housed 1,235 inmates. Among them were 772 awaiting trial inmates and 209 convicts. There were 171 inmates on death row, 83 were serving life sentence. At the Medium prison with a holding capacity of 1,700 inmates, there were 2,853 inmates as of Wednesday. Among them, 2,726 were awaiting trial, 128 had been convicted, 25 were designated as lodgers, 19 are detainees while only one inmate is condemned. http://www.punchng.com/lagos-cj-frees-153-kirikiri-inmates/ |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by Houseofglam7(f): 4:53pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
The last thing we need right now is not to have our neighborhoods flooded with miscreants 3 Likes |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by tellwisdom: 7:32pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Houseofglam7: U could be a miscreant to some people, so they are to u. That's life my sister May God not make us a miscreant o! 17 Likes |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by olashas(f): 8:43pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
tellwisdom:Crazy guy 1 Like |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by slimfit1(m): 8:56pm On Apr 13, 2016 |
Houseofglam7: Pray you don't become a victim of Nigerian police where they exchange an ordinary citizen walking home and framing him deliberately with a richer criminal. 25 Likes |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by Nobody: 7:28am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Ok, good for them ooo |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by ngmgeek(m): 7:29am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Na wao |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by Sunnycliff(m): 7:29am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Its unfair that one would be on awaiting trial for over 10 years! This is pure wickedness of our judicial system and nonchalancy cum indifference of our so called human rights activists and defenders! Ever since I visited the prisons on a charity work in 2010, I made up my mind that if retaliation to a whooping slap or blow will land me behind bars, I will better kneel down to say 'thank you' to the person who slapped me and be a free man! Nothing is incomparable to freedom of movement! 32 Likes 3 Shares |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by demarc001: 7:30am On Apr 14, 2016 |
In Buhari's thought ........... More space for Polithiefcians to occupy 3 Likes |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by sexaddict08(m): 7:30am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Lawyers, what's the implication? |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by ibkgab001: 7:31am On Apr 14, 2016 |
You shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by chido20(m): 7:31am On Apr 14, 2016 |
only in the zoo zombies shud quote me |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by osec007(m): 7:31am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Unemployment rate increased...happy 4 them tho |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by pendusky(m): 7:32am On Apr 14, 2016 |
good development... |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by Nobody: 7:32am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Ok |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by odinese(m): 7:33am On Apr 14, 2016 |
mehn, this Barcelona match yesterday gan, I no even know the kind pains wey I get yesterday because that match....e just be like say na for dream I dey, make I wake up make dem rematch. Na so I vex dey wan go house for 91min, one yeye unsuccessful premier goat come dey draw me back dey shout up barca + the kind hatred wey all these yeye premier league pple they give my club yesterday, if say no be pple wey hold me ehn, na only God go fit know the kind blow wey I go use scatter him mouth. Not to talk of the kind hatred wey dem dey give my club for nairaland so. Nawa o 6 Likes |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by sexaddict08(m): 7:33am On Apr 14, 2016 |
slimfit1: u meant 'walking' not 'working'.... u should be one of those back-benchers. Lol |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by AntiWailer: 7:33am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Thank God for them. I hope they turned new leave. |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by AkasGonahMani(m): 7:35am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Welcome back... Bt d situation wey nigerians are... Hm noting to say.. May God guide our leaders...! |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by Dottore: 7:35am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Good move. Some of the inmates are innocent of whatever that took them to prison. Victims of circumstances. May God help them to reintegrate into the society |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by Nobody: 7:37am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Houseofglam7: Do you believe all those inmates were criminals? Pray you or any of your loved ones do not get caught-up in the web of the Nigerian Police. May we never be in the wrong place at the wrong time. 3 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by jhydebaba(m): 7:38am On Apr 14, 2016 |
den dey lodge for prison again u go fear accommodation now |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by DonMaxxy(m): 7:42am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Oya now you pple have been freed go and sin no more. PMB please no re-arrest these 153 people . They don served their fatherland for Kirikiri. Oya Metuh, Dasuki, kanu, Badeh, Yinusa, Tompolo and co make una dey warm up. Enough vacancy dey for Kirikiri. If any of una want 1room self con with 3 parlours, we get am foc. 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by ReabridCharles(m): 7:47am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Standing trial for 15 years Overcrowding, underfunding, under-feeding God! No let me see kirikiri even for dream 3 Likes |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by ElPadrino33: 7:49am On Apr 14, 2016 |
I sense a political move |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by joey150(m): 7:50am On Apr 14, 2016 |
sexaddict08:what do you mean by implication?? Is it rocket science that some guys were pardoned.. Or the prisons decongested? |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by mynduu44: 7:58am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Just hope they ve not freed 153 rogues back to the society.. Nigerian prison does not reform but hardens criminals.. Well, congrats to them nd pray they find something useful doing to avert them going back to crime. |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by Bgorgeous: 8:11am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Glory be to God |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by Alani86: 8:20am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Houseofglam7: There are some times you'll need to deny your hand of being wiser and faster than your brain! 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos CJ Frees 153 Kirikiri Inmates by Nobody: 8:21am On Apr 14, 2016 |
Freeing alone is not enough. Create jobs so these ex convicts can get their hands busy. Otherwise it would be like the words of Jesus: When the demon is cast out and it finds no place, it will come back and when it sees the place neat but unoccupied, would go and bring 7 more demons deadlier than he and the ruins it would have on the person.... |
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