According to the reports, 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.
“NBA is in contact with the chief judge and the Ministry of Justice, and we know that names of those to be released are being compiled,” he said.
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