Rivers Chief Judge releases 14 inmates in legal year ceremony

Fourteen inmates person been released from the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Custodial Centre by the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi.

The merchandise formed portion of activities marking the opening of the 2026/2027 Legal Year of the Rivers State Judiciary.

The inmates included those who had spent longer periods successful custody than they would person served if convicted of the offences for which they were accused, arsenic good arsenic others whose trials had been delayed done nary responsibility of theirs.

Justice Chibuzor-Amadi said the workout was carried retired nether applicable provisions of the instrumentality to assistance trim congestion successful custodial facilities.

Chibuzor-Amadi stated, “I’m present to execute a statutory relation pursuant to Section 1 of the Criminal Justice Release from Custody Special Provision and Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004 and Section 341 of Rivers State Administration of Criminal Justice Law Number 7 of 2015.

“That is to merchandise from custody those who person been present implicit the play they would person served if they had been convicted for the offence they alleged to person been convicted.

“Those who person been present for years without being tried, not due to the fact that of what they person done but due to the fact that of the inability of the constabulary oregon immoderate of the information agencies to transmit the lawsuit record to the Ministry of Justice to vet and present their ...