Flawed Justice System: Awaiting Trial Inmates’ Feeding Gulps N7.6bn Annually In the last couple of years, overcrowding in Nigeria custodial centres has become a great burden on the justice system. In this investigation, JULIANA FRANCIS examines the staggering amount of taxpayers’ money spent on awaiting trial inmates, arising from poor administration of the justice system by JULIANA FRANCIS Apr 12, 2021 Kevin Odu, 32, has been in prison since February last year. He was arrested by proxy, arraigned and remanded for a crime allegedly committed by his kinsman who lived with him. “He stole my neighbour’s laptop and generator and disappeared. I was arrested because police couldn’t find him,” Odu said.