FG committed to correctional centres decongestion – Malami

The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has said President Muhamadu Buhari is committed to the decongestion of Nigerian correctional centres across the country.

In a statement by his aide on Media and Public Affairs, Dr. Umar Gwandu, the AGF said the Presidential Committee for the Decongestion of the Correctional Centres in the country comprising of the Minister of Interior, Attorney-General of the Federation, Chairman of the Presidential Committee; the Chief Justice of the FCT, and the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Correctional Service was to reconsider what measures could be put in place for decongesting Correctional Service Centres in view of the present health challenges.

The minister said, “the committee recommends that courts, the Federal Ministry of Justice, correctional service formations, governors, attorneys general of states, among others, be encouraged to intensify action to ensure that the correctional service formations are not further congested, taking into consideration the prevailing health challenges associated with Covid-19.”