Presidential committee releases five inmates, recommends some for bail at Ilorin correctional centre

The Presidential Committee on Correctional Reform and Decongestion has set free five inmates and recommended three inmates for bail from the Nigerian Maximum Security Correctional Centre in Ilorin, Kwara State.

Speaking during the exercise, the Chairman of the committee and former Chief Judge of the FCT High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello (Rtd) said, the Committee is mandated to visit Correctional Centres in the country and make a situational assessment of the condition of inmates and the environment they are in.

“We are looking at the environment, medical facilities, hygiene and general cleanliness,” he said and added that the Committee is saddled with assessing and freeing inmates who meet the set down criteria and pay fines for inmates who have the option of fine where appropriate.

Other issues to be considered, a statement by the Deputy Director, Information of the Ministry of Justice, Mrs Modupe Ogundoro, said, are aged inmates, those with terminal illnesses, and inmates who have overstayed in relation to the offences being tried for.

As part of the exercise, the Committee inspected the Tailoring and Carpentry workshop of the Centre and in the course of their visit, released five inmates, of which fines were paid for two inmates while transportation money was given to the five released inmates by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) to convey them back to their various destinations.

The Committee also recommended three inmates for bail.

The Committee Chairman on behalf of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) also made a presentation of some selected inspirational and motivational books to the Correctional Centre to encourage the reading culture of the inmates.

Bello explained that the books will expose inmates to love, forgiveness, having a positive attitude, honesty and consequences of action taken.

Earlier, in his welcome address, the Controller, Kwara State Command, Nigeria Correctional Service, CC Baba Usman Aliyu expressed optimism that the mission of the Committee to the facility would be successful.

Also speaking, the Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Suleiman D. Kawu, expressed the happiness of the State Judiciary to have the Committee in the Kwara State and was positive that it would deliver on its mandate at the Maximum-Security Correctional Centre, Ilorin in the spirit of decongestion and reformation.

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