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Don’t give up on life, governor’s wife urges prison inmates
“I will speak with my husband to pardon some inmates whose cases are minor."
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“I will speak with my husband to pardon some inmates whose cases are minor."
Aregbesola says the FG spends N83,333 per inmate every month
About 73 per cent of Nigeria's 64,642 prison population as of last December were awaiting trial.
The governor says he exercised his constitutional prerogative of mercy.
The inmates are from two jails in the state.
The Minister says he was motivated by President Buhari's similar move.
No prisoner has died from the recent meningitis outbreak.
The judge blamed the police for the high rate of awaiting trial inmates in Nigerian prisons.
The situation was brought to lawmakers' attention under a motion by Emeka Anohu from Anambra State.
The waiver was formerly pegged at 50 per cent.
The prison service says the necessary logistics have not been put in place.