Chief Judge frees 100 inmates in Akwa Ibom

Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Hon. Justice Ekaete Fabian-Obot, has released a full of 100 inmates crossed the 4 Medium Security Custodial facilities successful the State.

This brought to an extremity her weeklong inspection of the facilities for the archetypal 4th of the year.

Two inmates were released from Ikot Abasi – Eight from Eket, Twenty-seven from Ikot Ekpene portion Uyo had Sixty-three.

The Chief Judge, who cautiously went done implicit a 1000 lawsuit files had the 100 inmates released connected compassionate considerations, wellness grounds, missing lawsuit files, trumped-up charges and deficiency of diligent prosecution.

The Chief Judge successful her remarks urged each released inmates to support bully behaviour and refrain from returning to crime.

She besides criticized the signifier by immoderate constabulary officers of obtaining remand orders and abandoning cases without returning to tribunal aft the stipulated 21 days.

She besides advised magistrates to instrumentality proactive steps by fixing dates to onslaught retired specified cases and notifying applicable parties, emphasizing that cases should beryllium struck retired wherever determination is nonaccomplishment to travel owed process.

Among the peculiar cases successful Uyo custodial centre were 20 inmates suffering from superior wellness conditions.

One of them, Godwin Francis Etim, who is battling tuberculosis, was referred to the Infectious Disease Hospital successful Ikot Ekpene for treatment....