The latest statistics builds on previous ones that suggests that Nigerian prisons may hold more innocent people than criminals.by Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics covering data from 2011 to 2015, said that 72.5% of Nigeria’s total prison population are inmates serving time without being sentenced, spotting flaws in Nigeria’s criminal justice system with proceedings often going on for years without conclusion.
Some inmates found themselves in prisons only due to the suspicion of having committed a crime, and not an actual conviction. Arrests over petty crime such as shoplifting and traffic offenses also often see people land in maximum security prisons without being charged. The offence is regarded as theft under Nigerian laws, and it attracts a prison term not exceeding five years, according to section 287 of the penal code.Mr Ahmed alluded that the country’s prisons were overcrowded hence the need for decongestion especially to avert the spread of disease outbreaks such as COVID-19.the Nigerian Correctional Service Bill last August.
In a slew of pardons and commutations, 70 inmates, including 39 federal offenders were freed from incarceration on Thursday as part of the Buhari administration’s plan to decongest the Correctional Centres.
If NGRPresident MBuhari HouseNGR NGRSenate really want to decongest our correctional centers, statistics provided by the Prisons Chief should considered. Not just to decongest with a fractional 0.01%. Moreover he just said 70% of them aren't mean to be there in the 1st place.
They are busy collecting dollars from the real criminals
The judiciary
What a country...
Imagine the nosense
Just so you know how your country is fucked