No fewer than 51 inmates of various Correctional Centres in Edo and Kano States have been released through the interventions of the Catholic Church in the two states. The Point gathered that the convicted inmates were set free after the church paid their fines running to about N4.3million. While the Archbishop of Benin City, Augustine Akubeze aided the release of 32 inmates from the Oko Medium Custodial Centre and Benin Correctional Centres in Benin City, the Bishop, Catholic Diocese Kano, John Niyiring facilitated facilitated the release of 19 prisoners from Goron
Dutse Correctional Centre in Kano Metropolis. The correctional authorities had earlier beckoned on Archbishop Akubueze to intervene in decongesting the facilities. Akubueze, during his homily at the...Read Full Article >>➤
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