The Controller-General of Nigerian Prisons Service, Dr. Peter Ekpendu, has disclosed that there are 45,659 inmates awaiting trial in Nigerian prisons out of a total prison population of 55,033.
Dr Ekpendu made the disclosure in Abuja on Tuesday while receiving the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) at the service headquarters.
He lamented that the Service lacked adequate logistics to transport inmates to courts for trial.
“The prisons formations are presently holding 55,033 out of which 1,639 are condemned convicts awaiting execution. We have 18 Black Marias, 12 non-functional trucks, 16 functional and four non-functional ambulances which are grossly inadequate to meet our transportation needs.
"The smallest prisons should have at least an operational vehicle, ambulance and escort vehicles,” he said.
Dambazau while acknowledging the challenges facing the Service, cautioned against congesting the prisons as that could harden the inmates.
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