LAGOS STATE Chief Judge Justice Oluwafunmilayo
Atilade yesterday freed 21 awaiting trial inmates at
Kirikiri Medium Prisons.
She freed them in exercise of the powers conferred on
her under Section 1 ( 1) of the Criminal Justice Release
from Custody Act , Laws of the Federation of Nigeria
2007 .
Her gesture is part of efforts to decongest prisons .
Justice Atilade was accompanied by Justices
Oluwatoyin Ipaye , Aishat Opesanwo , Kudirat Jose ,
Lateef Lawal -Akapo and Sedoten Ogunsanya as well as
her Chief Registrar Emmanuel Ogundare and Director
of Public Prosecution ( DPP ) Mrs Idowu Alakija .
She advised the freed inmates to be of good behaviour
henceforth , saying : “ I release all you today 17 th day of
June , 2015 from custody pursuant to the powers
conferred on me and admonish you to go and sin no
more. ”
Most of the inmates had spent more time in prison
custody than they would have if they had been tried
and convicted.
Justice Atilade urged them to refrain from crime
because the government has zero tolerance for it .
She implored others not to lose hope in the system ,
cases would be reviewed periodically to release those
who have spent more time in prison than they would
have if convicted.
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