18 inmates of Kirikiri Medium Security Custodial Centre were on Tuesday, June 30, granted freedom by Lagos Chief Judge Kazeem Alogba.
The inmates who have been in custody of the centre since 2016 for offences such as stealing, burglary, and fraudulent conversion were released following directives from President Muhammadu Buhari and Chief of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad to heads of courts.
Heads of court were told to decongest the prisons to curtail the spread of coronavirus(COVID-19) amongst inmates.