The 48 out of the 102 prisoners who took
the exam, have passed the General Certificate of Examination
they took in the end of 2013.
Emmanuel Bamidele, the Deputy Controller of Prisons, reported
that the prisoners were successful in taking the exam in
November/December 2013. This was stated to the Ikeja
Branch of Nigerian Bar Association, the NBA, on Monday.
Moreover, Bamidele told to the NBA members that: “when they
finally regain their freedom, they can seek admission into any
university of their choice, since they are awaiting trial.” The
NBA members came to prison to present the gifts they
prepared for inmates as one of the activities planned in the
Law Week 2014.
Bamidele noted about the prison programme ‘Rehabilitation,
Restoration and Reintegration’, and that one of its aims was to
provide all the prisoners the chance to get good education for
them to be useful for society as soon as they leave the prison.
It was noted that there were 1761 people in prison, while only
186 were convicted and the rest have been waiting for the trial
for 5-13 years.
Monday Ubani, the Chairman of NBA Ikeja, stated that he is
assuring the inmates that the prisoners waiting for trial would
be free soon as they promised that Justice Ayotunde Phillips,
the Chief Judge of Lagos State would visit the prison in May to
grant parole.
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