The Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice
Olufunmilayo Atilade, has released another set of underage inmates, numbering
43, from Ikoyi Prison.
According to reports, 12 out of
juveniles freed yesterday were sent to Adigbe Foster Home in Ogun State due to
the nature of their crimes which border on murder and armed robbery. The
remaining five juveniles were sent to rehabilitation homes.
While releasing the underage
inmates, the chief judge admonished them to go and sin no more, while also
stressing that the Lagos State Government had zero tolerance for the
imprisonment of juveniles.
The Head of Prison Decongestion
Committee, Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye, while addressing the underage, said the
issue of underage in prisons had become a source of concern for the Lagos
judiciary.
Ipaye noted that no child would be
allowed to remain in the prison again, stressing that the amnesty exercise
would be a continuous one.
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