Prison congestion: FG urges states to build holding centres for awaiting trial suspects
[FILES] Minister of the Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. Photo; TWITTER/RAUFAAREFBESOLA/OGUNDIRANDOLAPO The Federal Government has called for the cooperation of state governments in addressing the challenges of congestion in custodial facilities across the country. To this end, it has urged states to build holding centres for awaiting trial suspects. The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, stated this yesterday at the commissioning of the Osun State Command office complex of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Osogbo. Aregbesola, in his address titled, ‘Unmatched Infrastru...
Source: guardian.ng