Senator Aliyu Magatakardan Wamakko, representing Sokoto North senatorial district, has facilitated the release of 50 inmates from the Sokoto Correctional Center.
Wamakko who is the chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence and deputy chairman of the Senate Committee on Anti-Corruption Committee said the move was a step in his initiative for an annual gesture extended to the beneficiaries during the last 10 days of every Ramadan.
In a Press Release by the Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to Senator Wamakko, Hassan Sahabi Sanyinnawal said the inmates were released after the settlement of their judgment debts, fines, and compensations by the lawmaker.
Wamakko explained that the gesture was aimed at enabling the beneficiaries to celebrate the Eid-el-Fitr with their families and to contribute in efforts to decongest the prisons, as well as bolster the nation’s criminal justice system.
In a remark, while releasing the inmates, the Welfare Officer of the Sokoto Custodial Centre, ASP Ayyuba Alhassan, commended Senator Wamakko for sustaining the invaluable annual gesture.
“Out of the 50 freed inmates, six are women while 35 were from the Custodial Centre in Sokoto, and others were from different satellite Custodial Centres across the State,” he said.
Also commenting, the Officer-in-Charge of the Custodial Centre, A. Bala, advised the freed inmates to be of good conduct, law-abiding and respectful in their various communities.
He commended Wamakko for sustaining the annual gesture and appealed to other wealthy individuals to emulate him.
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