The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba on Thursday released 30 inmates from the custody of the Correction Centres in Lagos and Ogun states.
Those granted freedom included four young boys from Adigbe Forster Home, Ogun state who were minors as the time they committed the offence for which they were arrested.
It is understood that some of them have been in prison custody since 2013 before they were granted freedom yesterday.
The programme held under the Decongestion of the Custodial Centres Exercise 2023 at Justice Samuel Ilori Court House, Ogba.
Justice Alogba granted them freedom pursuant to powers conferred on him under Section 1(1) of the Criminal Justice Release from Custody Special Provision Act.24 Feb 2022 and provisions of Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2019 of Lagos State.
He admonished them to sin no more.
Justice Alogba explained that the exercise was carried out to ensure that the inmates do not stay in prison longer they would have served if convicted.
“It is for this reason and so many other reasons that the exercise is put up and this is the reason why the exercise doesn’t hold too frequently”, he said.
Justice Alogba commended the Justice Adenike Coker led committee that looked into the case of those released for doing a thorough job.
