LAFIA, (Nasarawa) — Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has visited the correctional facility in Lafia on Wednesday and released 36 inmates in the state’s correctional centre to reduce overcrowding.
The inmates, who are mostly awaiting trials and convicts, were released from the Lafia Correctional Centre being one of the six prisons in the state overstretched presently with mostly awaiting trials inmates.
Speaking while releasing the inmates, Governor Sule said the move was to mark the June 12 Democracy Day.
‘I am glad to be here. By law, it is the responsibility on the part of leaders to forgive when it is time to forgive, because God forgives us. When I looked at the faces of these inmates, I discovered they are young people who are our children. I feel they should be given another chance that is why they have stayed long here for their life to be corrected as the name of the centre implies.
‘I can well describe today as a day of happiness for all of us. I mean the government and people of the state, as well as all the inmates that are being released today. We hope that you will be of good character in your life henceforth.’
Sule advised the freed inmates to make themselves useful to society by applying all the skills they have learnt at the correctional centres, pledging to provide sewing and welding machines and other mechanical equipment that would assist them to better their lives.
The Governor also presented a donation of two hundred and fifty thousand nairas to the Comptroller of the correctional centre to be giving to the released inmates to transport them back to their various homes.
Earlier, the Comptroller, the Nasarawa State Correctional Centre, Yahuza Aliyu, commended the state governor for the gesture, saying it would go a long way in decongesting the prison.
“Thirty-six inmates were granted amnesty. We are so happy and we really appreciate your efforts. When I arrived I heard about the assistance, apart from education,” he added.
In a remark, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr. Abdulkareem Kana, said some measures have been put in place by the government of the state in making the release more effective and realistic.
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