The Chief Judge (CJ) of Oyo State, Justice Muktah Abimbola, has granted amnesty to 22 inmates of Abolongo Prisons, Oyo.
A three-member special court consisting of Deputy Chief Registrars Mrs OA Adetujoye, Mrs O. A. Ogunrin and Mrs S. A. Oyerinde conducted the proceedings on behalf of the Chief Judge.
The ceremony was in honour of an advocate of prisons decongestion and Member of the Nigerian Youth Parliament, Prince Adetayo Adekunle.
Adekunle, appreciated the immense role played by the Prisons management and charged those freed not to do anything that would bring them behind the bars again.
He also thanked the CJ for keying in to his advocacy for prisons decongestion
The Chairman of the Oyo Metropolitan Development Association, Archbishop Ayo Ladigbolu, showered encomiums on Adekunle for the noble cause.
He also lauded the CJ for rising to the occasion by doing the needful and prayed for long life for the celebrant, his family, the CJ and his staff.
In his goodwill message, the Deputy Controller of Prisons in charge of Abolongo Prisons, Oyo Mr S. C. Esan thanked the Chief Judge for heeding the
call for prisons decongestion.
Esan said: “This young man in whose honour we are gathered here today is worthy of being celebrated. While other youths are wasting their lives away with crimes and drugs, he is putting smiles on the faces of people and contributing to the polity positively.”
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