Thirty one inmates have been released from various correctional centres in Ogun state.

The Ogun state Chief Judge, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu announced this at the quarterly jail delivery exercise in Abeokuta said the inmates were set free in line with the recommendations of the administration of criminal justice committee.

Justice Dipeolu explained that the committee was set up to consider and investigate every list compiled by the correctional centres and the Director of Public Prosecutions, DPP.

The Ogun state Chief judge who said the routine jail delivery exercise was part of efforts to decongest correctional centres in the state explained that relevant records, especially photographs of the released inmates would be documented by the judiciary to keep track if any of them resorted to crime again.

The controller of Correctional in Ogun state, Mr Abdulrasheed Alimi said the quarterly jail delivery exercise had helped to reduce tension in the yards and had enabled the centres to manage the inmates more effectively.

The released inmates who had spent between 6 and 21 years in correctional centres for crimes ranging from robbery, murder, stealing and breach of the peace thanked the chief huge for the pardon and promised to desist from activities that could return them to the centre.

Olusegun Folarin

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