The Federal Government has authorised the relocation of 29 out of Nigeria’s 256 Custodial Centres due to increasing urbanisation. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this yesterday, during the commissioning of 39 newly-acquired vehicles and five bullet-resistant guard-booths for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), in Abuja. Tunji-Ojo noted that many existing correctional facilities, such as those in Suleja and Ikoyi, Lagos, which were dated back to the 19th and 20th centuries, are no longer suitable for modern correctional practices. “Suleja Correctional Centre was established in 1914, Ikoyi in 1956,…
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