Foundation Secures Release of 26 Inmates in Kano

Foundation Secures Release of 26 Inmates in Kano

A non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Kano, Jamu Foundation, has secured the release of 32 inmates with civil cases from the Goron Dutse and Central Prison in the state.

The Chairman of the foundation, Mohammed Jamu Yusuf, said the step was taken in a bid to decongest the prisons and offers freedom to inmates in order to celebrate the new year with their families.

Yusuf who was at the prison on Wednesday to check the level of the inmates’ crimes discovered that some of them with civil cases had no means of meeting their bail terms.

Yusuf then asked for the permission of the foundation’s lawyer and got the approval to pay for the bail of some inmates.

Among those granted freedom were six women which include an elderly woman who was taken to court because of N15, 000 debt.

Speaking to the ex-convicts after their freedom, Yusuf urged them to be law abiding in the society to avoid future reoccurrence.

He said the foundation would rehabilitate the freed inmates and train them on various skills to enable them integrate into the society.

Yusuf further stated that the foundation would continue to ensure that the youths in the state are adequately reoriented to become leaders in their given profession.

The inmates were very happy to regain their freedom and pledged to be of good behaviour in order to forestall a reoccurrence.

The foundation also donated transport fares to the freed inmates for them to transport themselves back to their various destinations in the state.

In his remarks, the Deputy Controller of Prison in charge of Goron Dutse prison, Labbo Ibrahim Maradun, said the prison congestion is worrisome.