The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said over 4000 inmates are held in custodial centres across the country over their inability to pay fines slammed on them by judges and magistrates. This was as he lamented that over 70 per cent of the total population in the nation’s custodial centres are awaiting trial. He noted that the number of …

Osun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Wole Jimi-Bada has lamented congestion in the two custodial centres in the state and promised that the government would act fast to decongest the facilities. Jimi-Bada, who had visited the two facilities located in Ilesa and Ile-Ife, Osun State and during the visits, interacted with the inmates, lamented the high number …

The Federal Government has said that N22.44 billion was earmarked to feed inmates in all the custodial centres across the country. At a two-day conference on ‘Decongestion and Corrections Administration’ in Abuja on Thursday, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Mr Shuaib Belgore said the amount was due to the congestion of the custodial centres. He called for …