Interior Minister urges govs to sign death warrant of 3,008 condemned inmates to decongest prisons

As part of measures to decongest prisons nationwide, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has called on state governors to sign the death warrants of the 3,008 condemned criminals waiting for execution.

Speaking at the inauguration of the Osun State Command headquarters complex of the Nigeria Correctional Service, (NCS), in Oshogbo on Friday, the minister emphasised the need to bring cases involving the inmates to closure.

Aregbesola, who identified three avenues to decongest prisons, said governors could accelerate the wheel of justice, as many inmates had been in custody for a period longer than the maximum sentence their alleged offences carry.

The former governor of Osun state also urged state governments to share in the burden of decongesting custodial facilities by constructing holding centres.

He said that all the State governments needed to do was to build the facilities to specification and set aside a sum for the maintenance of inmates, while the NCS provided the personnel to man and run the facilities.

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