Six female were among the 59 awaiting trial inmates of the Agodi Prison set free by chief judge of Oyo state, Justice Munta Abimbola. The chief judge said those freed were found to have been arrested unlawfully. They are other 894 awaiting trial inmates in the prison. Abimbola said commitment to speedy administration of justice and prison decongestion informed his decision.
The chief judge said that some of those released had health challenges while others were supposed to have been charged as civil matter but charged as criminal cases.
“ The released inmates have been given another opportunity to repent and live a crime-free life; but if they waste such an opportunity again, nature will cash up with them.
“I urge the released inmates to learn their lessons and go to the society to sin no more,’’ Abimbola said.
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