There was ecstatic joy at the Suleja Correctional Centre in Niger State when Stanel Group chairman, Dr. Stanley Uzochukwu, visited and provided the inmates with food items and medications, among others.
The visit was one of his recent visits to the Correctional Center to celebrate his triplet’s birthday.
While he was singing, dancing and worshipping with the inmates, one of the inmates was permitted access to Dr. Uzochukwu and he whispered to him, “Sir, I am being held here because I have nobody to pay my fine of N50,000.”
Moved with compassion, Uzochukwu ordered that the list of all inmates with option of fines and those without legal representations should be made available to him for immediate payment and provision of legal services for their freedom.
Overwhelmed with the joy he saw on the faces of the inmates praising God at the inmates fellowship, the chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Stanel Group also made pledge to donate state-of-the-art musical instruments to replace the old ones at the chapel.
On Saturday, May 27, two weeks after,
the philanthropist made good his pledge to the Correctional Center and in his usual manner, he surprised both the management and the inmates in the facility with more than what was pledged.
In addition to the donation of the multi-million Naira musical instruments, which include two master piece combo speakers, two master piece standing speakers, power amplifier, set of drum, mixer, 55′ smart television, set of wireless microphones, keyboard and others, Uzochukwu made payment of fines and provided legal services for all the inmates on the list earlier submitted to him.
He fed over 500 inmates at the Correctional Center with rice and chicken and also donated about 1,000 loaves of Stanel Bread to both the inmates and the Correctional officers.
Reacting to the development, the Officer in Charge of the Suleja Correctional Center, Abdullahi Madaki, said: “This is the biggest aid we have received from an individual or group in this facility.
“Many have come to make pledges like him but they never come back and the pledges never redeemed.
“We thank the CEO of Stanel Group, Dr Stanley Uzochukwu, who has come to assist us and our inmates.
“We are very appreciative of what he did for us. It will go a long way to assist us in the area of reformation, rehabilitation and reintegration of the inmates. It’s this type of religious activities that are giving us hope.
“That’s why we have absolute control of them. By the time they will be using all these instruments, their mind will come down.
“Once again, we are happy and appreciate the donor for his magnanimity.”
Excited and overwhelmed by the gesture, the inmates were also heard echoing, “Different people and organisations have been visiting us with promises but they never come back. But this man even do more than he promised us in less than two weeks. May God bless Dr. Stanley Uzochukwu for us for making us happy.”
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