• Hausa Edition
  • Podcast
  • Conferences
  • LeVogue Magazine
  • Business News
  • Print Advert Rates
  • Online Advert Rates
  • Contact Us
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Leadership Newspapers
Read in Hausa
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Leadership Newspapers
No Result
View All Result

Nigeria’s Prisons Still In Terrible Conditions – Visitation Panel

by Olakunle Olasanmi
4 months ago
in News
Visitation Panel
Share on WhatsAppShare on FacebookShare on XTelegram

A federal government visitation panel on Correctional Centres across the country has said their conditions and those of their inmates are still terrible and unbearable.

Advertisement

The visitation panel led by Mr Olawale Fapohunda (SAN), revealed that most inmates are languishing in Correctional Centres due to lack of legal representation and inability of the Legal Aid Council to cope with the huge number of cases.

Submitting the report of the panel to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), Fapohunda said while auditing the centres, they had interface with categories of inmates and found their conditions unpalatable.

Besides lack of legal representation, Fapohunda said most of the inmates were suffering ailments that the  authorities could not bear the cost of medication.

He pleaded with the AGF and the federal government to come to the rescue of the centres and their inmates to alleviate their poor conditions.

RELATED

Residents Applaud Mbah, Police Intervention In Enugu Community Killing

Police Roll Out Massive Security Measures For July 12 Local Gov’t Elections In Lagos

4 hours ago
In A Special Video Message To Sway Voters For Tinubu, Buhari Vows To End Current Hardship

We’ll Build On Buhari’s Legacy, Reform Agenda — Tinubu

5 hours ago

Fapohunda, a former attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Ekiti State, asked the AGF to convene an emergency meeting of the Body of Attorneys-General to debate the issue of deplorable conditions and come up with concrete remedies that would make life bearable for the inmates.

“It would have been odd in the extreme if the working group had simply focused on the status of Section 35 inmates and ignored the plight of other inmates deserving urgent attention.

“This category of inmates includes those without legal representation. Indeed, several inmates continue to be kept in detention for periods longer than the maximum period of imprisonment prescribed for the offence because they do not have legal representation.

“The working group found that an alarming high number of inmates in the custodial centres under review were without legal representation. The AGF is invited to note that although the legal aid council of Nigeria is mandated to provide free legal services to inmates without legal representation, it is presently under resourced and thus barely able to make a significant difference”, he said.

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), disclosed that the working group was constituted as part of efforts to ensure access to justice and ensure that persons are not unduly detained in custodial centres.

According to the minister, the move is in line with the Renewed Hope agenda of the administration of President Bola Tinubu and in line with the obligations under various national and international instruments, including the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. 1999 (as amended). the international standards stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Right. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (KCCPR), African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and other human rights instruments to which Nigeria is a party,


We’ve got the edge. Get real-time reports, breaking scoops, and exclusive angles delivered straight to your phone. Don’t settle for stale news. Join LEADERSHIP NEWS on WhatsApp for 24/7 updates →

Join Our WhatsApp Channel



Tags: Nigeria Prisons
SendShareTweetShare
Previous Post

Before You Say Yes: Can His Income Sustain The Family?

Next Post

Abuja Varsity, Health Ministry Partner To Enhance Medical Education

Olakunle Olasanmi

Olakunle Olasanmi

You May Like

Residents Applaud Mbah, Police Intervention In Enugu Community Killing
News

Police Roll Out Massive Security Measures For July 12 Local Gov’t Elections In Lagos

2025/07/10
In A Special Video Message To Sway Voters For Tinubu, Buhari Vows To End Current Hardship
News

We’ll Build On Buhari’s Legacy, Reform Agenda — Tinubu

2025/07/09
Property Dispute: Developer Denies Receiving EFCC’s Letter Over N102m Draft
News

Property Dispute: Developer Denies Receiving EFCC’s Letter Over N102m Draft

2025/07/09
First Time In 7 Months, Crude Production Output Drops To 1.26mbpd
News

Delineation: Delta Communities Threaten To Disrupt Oil Facilities Over Alleged Marginalisation

2025/07/09
Jigawa Court Sentences 2 Kidnappers To 28 Years Imprisonment
News

Federal Gov’t Begins Trial Of Batch 7 Suspected Terrorists

2025/07/09
Trump Faces Backlash For Praising Liberian President’s Fluent English
News

Trump Faces Backlash For Praising Liberian President’s Fluent English

2025/07/09
Leadership Conference advertisement

LATEST

Dominant PSG Thrash Real Madrid 4-0 To Reach FIFA Club World Cup Final

Police Roll Out Massive Security Measures For July 12 Local Gov’t Elections In Lagos

We’ll Build On Buhari’s Legacy, Reform Agenda — Tinubu

Property Dispute: Developer Denies Receiving EFCC’s Letter Over N102m Draft

Zamfara Gov Distances Self From APC, Says He’s Still In PDP

Delineation: Delta Communities Threaten To Disrupt Oil Facilities Over Alleged Marginalisation

19 Parties To Contest Ibadan North By-election

Federal Gov’t Begins Trial Of Batch 7 Suspected Terrorists

2027: ADC Candidate ‘ll Emerge Via Primary Election, Says Lukman

Djokovic Beat Cobolli To Reach 14th Wimbledon Semi-finals

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Sport
  • Health
  • Entertainment
  • Opinion
    • Editorial
  • Columns
  • Football
  • Others
    • LeVogue Magazine
    • Conferences
    • National Economy
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Leadership Media Group - All Rights Reserved.