At least 12
convicted persons serving jail terms for offences categorized as
“special and simple offences” narrowly missed being released by the
Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Phillips.
The convicted persons are serving jail terms of about 390 days for violating the state environmental sanitation laws. A director of an NGO, Prisoners’ Rights Advocacy Initiative(PRAI), Mr. Ahmed Adetola-Kazeem, said the convicted persons, some of whom are under aged, were sentenced by a Special Offences Court in Alausa, Ikeja, sometimes between July and September for violating the state environmental laws.
Adetola-Kazeem, whose NGO is handling some of the convicts’ cases said the chief judge declined to order their release because they had gone through trial and convicted. In views of this, she reportedly said that it’s only the governor that can grant them amnesty.
The Director of PRAI said one of the convicts, Chinedu John, for instance, was sentenced to 390 days imprisonment by the court for allegedly violating the state environment sanitation laws.
Another convicted person – Dotun Owokiigbe (15) was sentenced in July 15 to one- year imprisonment for similar offence.
Adetola-Kazeem said the convicts were sentenced to prison terms in spite of a subsisting directive of the CJ that magistrates of the Special Offences Court should desist from sending convicts to jail terms in prison alongside hardened criminals.
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The convicted persons are serving jail terms of about 390 days for violating the state environmental sanitation laws. A director of an NGO, Prisoners’ Rights Advocacy Initiative(PRAI), Mr. Ahmed Adetola-Kazeem, said the convicted persons, some of whom are under aged, were sentenced by a Special Offences Court in Alausa, Ikeja, sometimes between July and September for violating the state environmental laws.
Adetola-Kazeem, whose NGO is handling some of the convicts’ cases said the chief judge declined to order their release because they had gone through trial and convicted. In views of this, she reportedly said that it’s only the governor that can grant them amnesty.
The Director of PRAI said one of the convicts, Chinedu John, for instance, was sentenced to 390 days imprisonment by the court for allegedly violating the state environment sanitation laws.
Another convicted person – Dotun Owokiigbe (15) was sentenced in July 15 to one- year imprisonment for similar offence.
Adetola-Kazeem said the convicts were sentenced to prison terms in spite of a subsisting directive of the CJ that magistrates of the Special Offences Court should desist from sending convicts to jail terms in prison alongside hardened criminals.
READ MORE: http://news.naij.com/48224.html
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