- Governor Ayodele Fayose
accuses security agencies of detaining innocent citizens and perceived
opponents of the federal government for flimsy reasons
-
Chief Judge of Delta state, Marshal Umukoro, urges state governors to
sign the death warrant of inmates on death roll in order to decongest
the prisons
Governor
Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has said the federal government and its
law enforcement are to blame for contributing to the problem of prison
congestion in Nigeria.
Fayose
made the accusation when responding to a letter by the national
security adviser, Major General B.M Mungonu (rtd), with reference number
NSA/601/A and dated January 16, 2017 on the need to facilitate quick
decongestion of Nigerian prisons.
According to
Tribune, the NSA in the letter had described the congestion of prisons
by awaiting trial suspects and condemned convicts as a major problem
bedevilling the administration of Justice in Nigeria.
In reply, Fayose accused security agencies
such as police, DSS and the EFCC arresting and detaining innocent
citizens and perceived opponents of the federal government for flimsy
reasons and on malicious, spurious and unfounded allegations.
Prison congestion has long been a problem of several prisons across the country are facing.
In proffering solution to the issue, the chief Judge of Delta state, Marshal Umukoro, urged state governors to sign the death warrant of inmates on death roll in order to decongest the prisons.
Umukoro
who gave the charge on Wednesday, February 1, in Ibadan during the 2017
Aquinas’ Day colloquium of Dominican Institute said signing the death
warrant would reduce prison congestion, and served as deterrent to
others.
At the lecture titled: The Judiciary and Criminal Justice System: Odds and Ends,” Mr.
Umukoro said recent statistics from the National Human Rights
Commission, NHRC, indicated that no fewer than 1,612 inmates are on
death sentence in Nigeria prisons, Premium Times reports.
The chief judge also called for synergy between the police, prisons and the courts in order to boost justice administration.
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