Tag: Prison congestion
ECOWAS court gives Nigeria deadline to tackle prison crisis
Senior lawyers have asked the Federal Government to quickly obey the recent judgement of the ECOWAS Court of Justice ordering…
Congestion fueling jailbreaks, NGO warns
The Suleja custodial facility was built in 1914 to house 250 inmates, before the incident, the facility had 499 inmates.
Prison congestion: Nasarawa CJ threatens to stop signing arrest warrants
Angered by the non-prosecution of crime suspects, Justice Suleiman Dikko, Chief Judge (CJ) of Nasarawa State, has threatened to stop…