Fed Govt to pay N500m fine on 4,000 inmates’ freedom…
Written by City Radio on October 20, 2023
The Federal Government yesterday said it would settle their N500 million fines to regain their freedom.
Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who dropped the hint, said 4000 inmates would, in the next four weeks, be released from correctional facilities across the country.
The fines, the minister assured, would be cleared within the next four weeks.
The minister, who spoke on a monitored television programme, lamented that many inmates remained in custodial facilities because of their inability to pay the fines and penalties awarded against them.
He disclosed that he had met with some private organisations, with a view to raising the money.
The minister said the decongestion of the correctional facilities is not the sole responsibility of the ministry.
Tunji Ojo also said he had been discussing with the Attorney-General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, (SAN) to address the challenge of awaiting trial inmates.
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