The Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Suleiman Dikko, has granted pardon 23 awaiting trial inmates in Laifa, Wamba, Keffi and Nasarawa.
Dikko gave the figure on Friday at the Nasarawa Prisons, Nasarawa Local Government Area, while briefing newsmen at the end of his four-day tour of prison formations across the state.
Dikko said that out of the 23, nine were from Lafia Prison, two from Wamba Prison, eight from Keffi Prison and four from Nasarawa Prisons.
He said that the routine prison visit was part of his duties aimed at decongesting prisons in the state and ensuring justice to inmates wrongly detained.
Dikko frowned at the attitude of counsel who abandoned their cases in courts and allowed their clients to languish in prison custodies.
He urged the National Human Rights Commission to get in touch such counsel and request that they should continue with the matters.
Dikko gave the figure on Friday at the Nasarawa Prisons, Nasarawa Local Government Area, while briefing newsmen at the end of his four-day tour of prison formations across the state.
Dikko said that out of the 23, nine were from Lafia Prison, two from Wamba Prison, eight from Keffi Prison and four from Nasarawa Prisons.
He said that the routine prison visit was part of his duties aimed at decongesting prisons in the state and ensuring justice to inmates wrongly detained.
Dikko frowned at the attitude of counsel who abandoned their cases in courts and allowed their clients to languish in prison custodies.
He urged the National Human Rights Commission to get in touch such counsel and request that they should continue with the matters.
