Review Planned N500m Payment For Inmates’ Release, Falana Tells Minister

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria , Femi Falana, has asked the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to review his plan for the payment of N500 million in fines imposed on not less than 4,000 convicts by various courts.Falana made this known in a statement on Sunday as the Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving Covid 19 and Beyond .

The minister in a recent interview had announced plan to decongest the correctional centres in the country by ensuring the payment of the fines imposed on not less than 4,000 convicts by various courts in the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory.However, Falana said, “While the Interior Minister deserves commendation for the initiative we are compelled to call for a review of the plan.

The senior lawyer said the minister should rather request President Bola Tinubu and the various state governors to exercise their prerogative of mercy by granting pardon to the 4,000 convicts to facilitate their immediate release from custody. Falana recalled that the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari had released 7,813 inmates from the Nigeria Correctional Centres across the country during the outbreak of COVID-19 to curb the spread of the virus among inmates.

“The Minister may also wish to request the Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chief Judges of all the States and the Federal Capital Territory to visit the correctional centres and exercise their powers under the Criminal Justice Act by ordering the release of all inmates whose detention is either manifestly unlawful; or who have been in custody, whether on remand or otherwise, for periods longer than the maximum period of imprisonment which they could have served had they been convicted of the...

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