Tag: More Than 70% of Inmates Awaiting Trial – Interior Minister
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More Than 70% of Inmates Awaiting Trial – Interior Minister
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has said over 4,000 inmates are held in custodial centres across the country over their inability to pay fines slammed on them by judges and magistrates. This was as he lamented that over 70 per cent of the total population in the nation’s custodial centres are awaiting…