By Osagie Otabor, Akure
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu last night ordered the release of 26 inmates.
He said that it was part of measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 at the correctional centre in the state.
The released inmates were said to have served portions of their sentences after being sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
In a statement signed and issued last night by Chief Press Secretary to Governor Akeredolu, Mr. Segun Ajiboye, the governor said he released the prisoners in exercise of the power conferred on him by Paragraph (d) of the Sub-section (1) of Section 212, of the Nigeria constitution (1999 as amended).
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The statement said: “The governor believes that decongesting the correctional custodial centre will also help prevent the spread of the Covid-19, not only among inmates, but also the officials.”
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