10 Inmates Released As Anambra Chief Judge Anyachebelu Visits Onitsha Prison
By Oge Onyeanusi, Onitsha
As part of his constitutional duties, the Chief Judge of Anambra State. Justice Onochie Anyachebelu, Wednesday, released 10 inmates; among who were nine men and one woman, at the Onitsha Correctional Facility.
Some of the inmates released included Ifeanyi Egwuatu and Ebuka Molokwu, who are mentally sick inmates.
Others are Johnson Ojukwu Okolo, a native of Anaku in Ayamelum LGA of the state; Okechukwu Okeke, a native of Awkuzu in Oyi LGA of the state;
Uwadiegwu Edeh from Enugu State; and Francis Oluchukwu from Imo State.
Also freed were Arinze Nwoke from Ohofia in Ebonyi State; as well as one Mmesoma Okafor, a house wife, who was detained since February, 2022.
The Chief Judge said that those released were inmates whose detention were manifestly unlawful; those detained for a period longer than the maximum period of imprisonment which the person detained could have served had he been convicted of the offense of which he was detained; as we as old and very sick inmates.
According to him, the exercise was part of his constitutional duties, which is a fast way of decongesting correctional facilities. He urged all that benefited from the gesture not to go back to their evil ways.
The Deputy Controller of Corrections in the Onitsha Correctional Center, Mr. Nwosu Val, said that the CJ’s jail delivery would help decongest the prison, and bring sanity.
He urged the judiciary to ensure that there is quick dispensation of justice, especially as it concerns awaiting trial inmates, so that the faculty will not be unnecessarily decongested.
