Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has revealed that about 67% of inmates in correctional facilities are still awaiting trial....
Interior Minister Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo has revealed that about 67% of inmates in correctional facilities are still awaiting trial.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, Tunji-Ojo stressed that stronger collaboration between the Federal and State governments was essential to improving the country’s correctional system.
He said: “We can work out a synergy, you know, states that want to have their own correctional centers, by law, they’re entitled to have it and federal too, but we must also understand that about 72 per cent of our inmates are state offenders and about 67 per cent or so are waiting trials.
“So it means two-thirds are state offenders, but the Federal Government is the one taking responsibility now.
“I don’t like to shift blame. As Mr. President will always say, ‘We were elected to produce results, not to make excuses.’ So we’re not here to make excuses, but as a government, we will interface with our governors. We will come together to be able to have a shared strategy towards solving these correctional problems.
“But I need to put it on record that this particular administration has done a lot in the last two years in terms of putting resources and trying to make sure that we fix our correctional centres."
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