GOVERNOR AMOSUN ON STATE OF OUR PRISONS!!!

Culled from Punch.

Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State on Thursday broke into tears at the pitiable sight of inmates at Oba prison in Abeokuta.

Amosun, who had earlier granted amnesty to 15 inmates at Ibara prison also in Abeokuta, could not hold back his emotions at Oba prison over what he described as the “inhuman condition” to which the inmates were subjected.

The governor was informed that majority of the 492 inmates on awaiting trial list at the prison had spent between four and seven years in jail.

He ordered immediate medical attention for the inmates with critical medical conditions and directed that others should be taken to the hospital.

While conceding that prison services was under the control of the Federal Government, Amosun said it would be irresponsible of any leader to neglect the conditions of prison inmates.

He expressed dismay at the deplorable state of prisons saying it would not enhance rehabilitation of inmates.

“I have come to share today with them and see if I can commit death sentences passed on some of them to life imprisonment based on the recommendations from relevant quarters.

“I think it is a big shame and I feel so ashamed really that I am a governor in this kind of condition that I have seen.

“It is clear that these people are traumatised and dehumanised under this very appalling condition.

“The condition here is like sending someone to an early grave,” he said and promised to pay regular visits to prisons.

• DIS WAN NA BETA LEADER.
• MANY IN TOP POSITION DO NOT GIVE A 4UK ABOUT PRISON CONDITIONS...AND YET MANY OF DEM DON DO PRISON TERMS ABROAD BEFOR BEFORE!!!
• NO BE DEM FAULT...D TIME WEY DEM DO JAIL FOR AMERICA DEM BE DEY SERVE DEM HAMBURGER CHOP!!!
• EVEN ORDINARY MOSQUITO SEF DEY SUFFER FOR AWA PRISONS, BCOS DEM NO SEE BETA FLESH TO CHOP.
• ALL AWA PRISONERS DEY SICK...BIG TIME.
• AWA LEADERS NO GET CONSCIENCE...WHEN OYINBO JAIL BE LIKE GRA...OR VIP LOUNGE.
• AND D FACT IS DAT MOST OF AWA LEADERS SHLD ACTUALLY BE BEHIND THOSE 4UKIN BARS IN D REAL SENSE.
• KUDOS TO AMOSUN.