The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said no fewer than 53, 836 inmates inmates in the 253 the correctional centres nationwide are awaiting trial as at Dec,18. The spokesperson of the service, Assistant Controller of Corrections (ACC) Abubakar Umar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday. Umar said that, summary of the inmates across the country by conviction and those on awaiting trial list were 77,849 within the period under review. According to him, the total number of convicted inmates was 24, 013 persons “adding that the…
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