NICE ONE!!! Ogun State Government Sets 249 Prisoners Free Amidst Coronavirus Fears

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In an attempt to decongest the facility and avert prisoners contracting Coronavirus, Chief Judge of Ogun State, Hon. Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, has ordered the immediate release of 249 prisoners from five Correctional Centres across the State.

Speaking during visit to various centers in the State, Dipeolu said the release of the inmates was based on the federal government’s decision to decongest Correctional Centres, to contain the spread of Covid-19, noting that those released were men and women with cases ranging from stealing, burglary, assault to bodily harm and other minor cases.

She noted that the congestion would improve social distancing measures, thereby reducing the spread of the virus at the Correctional Centres, urging the released inmates to go back to the society and be useful for the entire nation and refrain from sinful acts.

Justice Dipeolu said the release was imperative, to prevent the inmates contracting Coronavirus, noting that those being considered where those having little years to complete their jail terms, old ages, those that have not meet up with fines, those that have spent 50 percent of their jail terms and those on medical related matters.

She explained further that some inmates awaiting trial, ought not to remain in custody, where matters for which they were charged were not murder or armed robbery, adding that, where it was discovered that the prosecution of the cases were moving at slow pace or not heard at all for one reason or the other, such people should be pardoned.

She said that 48 inmates were freed in Ijebu-Ode, 41 in Sagamu, 7 in Ago farm settlement, near Ijebu-Ode, 54 were released in Ibara, 32 in New Oba Prison, while 67 inmates were released at Ilaro Correctional Centres respectively.

While addressing Journalists, the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Akingbolahan Adeniran, said the federal government had so far released 2,600 inmates in various prisons across the country to curb the spread of coronavirus.

He added that, with the federal government’s directive, which the Governor in his determination to decongest the Centres, has granted unconditional pardon and clemency to 249 convicts serving various terms in the Correctional Centres across the state.

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