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Nigeria Lacks Enough Centres For Inmates – Legal Aid

by Sunday Isuwa
1 year ago
in News
Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar, Director-general of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria

Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar, Director-general of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria

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Director-general of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria, Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar has said that Nigeria lacks sufficient correctional centers to accommodate inmates.

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Abubakar said out of a total population of 70,000 prison inmates in Nigeria, approximately 66,000 are awaiting trials, representing 73 per cent of the total prison population.
He made these remarks in a chat with newsmen on the sidelines of a three-day training for pro bono lawyers and law clinicians on the Reforming Pretrial Detention in Nigeria Projects (RPDNII), organized by a Civil Society Organisation, Public Private Development Center (PPDC) in Abuja yesterday.

He said: ” the issue of congestion in our correctional centers is probably a twofold problem: there aren’t enough centers, and, more importantly, the remand system detains people for minor issues, leading to overcrowding.
“As big as we are, our correctional centers are not sufficient. It’s not that the number of cases we have is outrageous; the problem is that correctional centers meant for 500 inmates end up housing 1000 inmates, leading to overcrowding.”
He added that “As much as we are trying to get it right at the levels of investigation, arrests and prosecution, I can assure you that the issue of congestion in our system will be a thing of the past.
“We are aiming to reduce the 60 per cent of awaiting trial inmates, and they will eventually find their way out of the correctional centers.”
On efforts to reduce congestion, he noted, “As an institutional government, we are doing our best to reduce the numbers of people by the day. Unfortunately, the more we reduce, the more people are handed over to the centers.
“You can imagine if you have 90,000 inmates and only manage to reduce less than 60 per cent, say 50 out of 90, you would be left with 40 per cent, and that 40,000 would be too small for our correctional centers.”

The chief executive officer of the Public Affairs Development Centre, Jibril Shittu stressed the need for collaboration among various stakeholders to address the ineffective justice system and reduce the number of awaiting trial inmates.

He stressed the importance of not just addressing trial detention but also looking at alternative measures, as some detainees have no reason to be held.

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