About eighty persons awaiting trial in prisons and holding centers across Sapele, in Delta State, has been released from incarceration, including teenagers charged for cultism and robbery allegations.
The suspects awaiting trial were set free during a visit by the Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Marshall Umukoro to the Nigeria Correctional Service, and the Remand Home in Sapele, as part of the ongoing exercise to free up spaces in correctional facilities across the state.
Report says that three persons were also released on bail during the process.
Oghenero Eghweree