Adamawa decongestion committee discharges 55 correctional centre inmates

The Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee has discharged 55 inmates and granted bail to 40 others at the Yolde Pate Correctional Centre in Yola South LGA.

The committee, headed by the state Chief Judge, Justice Hafsat Abdulrahman, convicted 32 awaiting-trial inmates and reviewed the sentences of 13 others, bringing the total number of inmates whose cases were addressed on Wednesday to 140.

The figure comes from the 420 inmates of the Yolde Pate Correctional Centre.

The Chief Judge announced the outcome of the exercise on Wednesday, explaining that the essence of the initiative is to decongest the correctional centre.

Justice Hafsat advised the beneficiaries to engage in lawful and productive ventures henceforth for their own benefit and that of their families.

NEWS9JA reports that the decongestion exercise will continue as the Jail Delivery Committee visits more correctional centres in the state in the coming days and weeks.