According to the reports, 48 out of the 102 prisoners who took
the exam, have passed the General Certificate of Examination they took
in the end of 2013.
Emmanuel Bamidele, the Deputy
Controller of Prisons, reported that the prisoners were successful in
taking the exam in November/December 2013. This was stated to the Ikeja
Branch of Nigerian Bar Association, the NBA, on Monday.
Moreover,
Bamidele told to the NBA members that: “when they finally regain their
freedom, they can seek admission into any university of their choice,
since they are awaiting trial.” The NBA members came to prison to
present the gifts they prepared for inmates as one of the activities
planned in the Law Week 2014.
Bamidele noted about the prison
programme ‘Rehabilitation, Restoration and Reintegration’, and that one
of its aims was to provide all the prisoners the chance to get good
education for them to be useful for society as soon as they leave the
prison.
It was noted that there were 1761 people in prison, while
only 186 were convicted and the rest have been waiting for the trial
for 5-13 years.
Monday Ubani, the Chairman of NBA Ikeja, stated
that he is assuring the inmates that the prisoners waiting for trial
would be free soon as they promised that Justice Ayotunde Phillips, the
Chief Judge of Lagos State would visit the prison in May to grant
parole.
“NBA is in contact with the chief judge and the Ministry
of Justice, and we know that names of those to be released are being
compiled,” he said.
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