More Than 2000 Prison Inmates Have Spent Over 10 Years Without Trial — Nigerian Government Laments | Sahara Reporters

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The Nigerian government has declared that over 2000 inmates have spent 10 years and more in correctional centres across the country without trial. This was made known by an Assistant Controller-General, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Mr Gimba Dumbulwa, during a high-level conference on decongestion and corrections administration, on Wednesday in Abuja. Dumbulwa stated that some of the inmates had been held without trial for more than ten years. He stated that the overcrowding of detention facilities remained a major issue in the country's inmate management.

May 10, 2023“Over 5000 inmates have stayed more than five years and over 10,000 inmates have stayed more than one year to six years without trial."

He said, “As at May 9, 75,436 inmates are in our custody across the nation while 52,446 are awaiting trial inmates. According to him, the NCoS's only option was to transfer inmates from overcrowded custodial facilities to others with available space. “This has become very problematic. Therefore, we must be concerned about what happens to them while they are there.”

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