Ekiti State Chief Justice frees 33 inmates

Ekiti State Chief Judge, Justice Ayodeji Daramola, has set free 33 inmates of the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Ado Ekiti.

The beneficiaries comprised 18 awaiting trial inmates, 13 convicts and two others who were granted bail.

Daramola said his visit to the correctional centre was in line with the directive of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad, to decongest the correctional centres across the country and reduce the spread of the ravaging COVID-19.

A statement from the Chief Registrar of Ekiti State Judiciary, Mr Johnson Apuabi, stated, “The 13 convicts were granted amnesty based on old age. Others were pardoned based on the fact that their jail terms were near completion.

“In all, 334 cases were reviewed; 18 were pardoned based on lesser offences committed ranging from burglary to stealing and theft, while two were granted bail on liberal terms.”

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