The Chief Judge of Edo State (CJ), Justice Joe Acha, has freed six inmates, including one who spent 10 years and 11 months awaiting trial without a case file, from the Oko Medium Custodial Centre.
The freed inmates are Williams John (19), Imeh Matthew (36), Danjuma Isaiah (23), Michael Umoko-Lucky (26), Anthony Isaac (47) and Lawal Dahu (27), because they had no evidence against them.
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The CJ enjoined the beneficiaries of his gesture not to abuse the privilege but rather to see it as another God-given opportunity to turn over a new leaf.
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