42 inmates set free by Judge (J. Olatokunbo Olopad) in Ogun State

OGUN State Chief Judge, Justice Olatokunbo Olopade, has set free 42 inmates from five prisons across the state.

This was made known at the end of her official visit to the prisons in Ibara, Oba, Ilaro, Ijebu-Ode and Sagamu areas of the state.

Those who regained their freedom were imprisoned for various offences, ranging from robbery, murder and other sundry criminal acts,  three of which were female.

The Chief Judge set free 15 inmates in Ilaro, five in Abeokuta, 9 in Oba, nine in Ijebu and four in Sagamu prisons.

While speaking with newsmen at the end of the visit in Sagamu, Justice Olopade chided the Investigating Unit, Legal Department of the Nigeria Police, over the slow pace of investigating issues involving majority of the inmates.

She hinted that Magistrates also complained about the uncoperative attitude of prosecuting officers. More

She identified issues of missing case files and lack of witnesses as some of the factors responsible for the delay in judicial process and over congestion in all the prisons visited.