Most inmates in Lagos prisons are from Ogun State – Report

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The Lagos State Criminal Information System, January-March, 2019 edition has identified stealing as the crime for which majority of inmates in the five prisons in the state are being held.

It also identified Ogun as the state of origin of most of the inmates held in the five prisons across Lagos State.Oyo State came second with 359 of its indigenes in prisons in Lagos.Others states whose indigenes are in high numbers in prisons in Lagos State are Kwara, with 194 indigenes; Imo, with 191 indigenes; and Ondo, with 152 indigenes.

The report revealed that 56 per cent of the 9,044 inmates have no lawyers to represent them in court.The report listed Alimosho, Apapa, Lagos Mainland and Amuwo Odofin as the next four most notorious spots for stealing and cultism in Lagos State.

 

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