- Released Convicts Committed Minor Offences
As part of the government’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19 in the correctional facilities, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, yesterday, approved the release of 72 convicts from the Kaduna and Kafanchan correctional centres.
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), had approved the release of 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest the correctional facilities and curb the coronavirus spread.
The Kaduna State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Aisha Dikko, who made the announcement on Tuesday, said of the 72 prisoners released, 69 were from the Kaduna Correctional Centre and three were from the Kafanchan correctional facility.
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According to Dikko, 42 inmates freed from the Kaduna Correctional Centre had been given an option of fine not exceeding N50,000 by the court. The commissioner said four inmates were serving three years and above, and had less than six months to go.
The attorney general added that one of the inmates had spent 75 per cent of his prison term while 22 others were convicted of minor offences.
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