The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Justice Ishaq Bello, has granted official pardon to 24 inmates of the Kuje Prison in Abuja.
Those pardoned include two foreigners from neighboring Chad and Niger Republic who were certified to be critically ill after spending over seven years behind bars.
Others pardoned include a 90 year old man, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Chief Judge says his visit to the prison has also corrected some abnormalities which led to the congestion of the prison.
The Chief Judge said his visit to the prison also corrected some abnormalities which led to the congestion of the prison.
Channels Television’s correspondent reports that out of the about one thousand three hundred inmates here, over 700 are awaiting trial.
