Nigeria: 97 Sick Inmates Regain Freedom From Agodi Correctional Facility

The Chief Judge (CJ) of Oyo State, Justice Iyabo Yerima, has released 97 inmates from the Agodi Correctional Facility in Ibadan on health and compassionate grounds.

The CJ, represented by Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State High Court, freed the inmates during a prison visit to the facility on Wednesday.

The 97 inmates, including four females, who had been awaiting trial, had their cases, mainly of capital offences, reviewed before their release.

Many who were freed on health conditions…