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By; Mohammed Kawu, Bauchi.
No fewer than twenty-two (22) awaiting trial inmates (ATMs) in Bauchi Wednesday breeth air of freedom following their release by the State Chief Judge, Justice Rabi Talatu Umar during her quarterly routine review of inmates cases across the correction centres in the state.
Setting the ATMs free at the Bauchi Custodial Centre Wednesday where fourteen (14) inmates regained freedom, the chief judge warned them against any retracing his steps back into the centre.
Justice Rabi Talatu Umar had the previous day Tuesday similarly released eight (8) other awaiting trial inmates at the three correctional centres of Misau, Azare and Ningi – 4, 3, and 1 respectively, and equally granted bail to two others each at Misau and Azare centres.
Rabi told the freedom regaining inmates that having learnt a lot of corrective lessons and skills tutorials while awaiting trial, and almost all of them spent no less than three years, especially those at the Bauchi custodial centre, they ought to learnt to become self-reliance on the various training and counselling they received.
The Chief Judge further warned that she would not take it lightly should anyone of them retrace his steps to perpetuate any crime or criminality in the society as, according to her, ‘a word is enough for the wise’.
Sha’awanatu Yusuf was a director of public prosecution (DPP) and an active member of the Administration of Justice Committee who drew the attention of the freed inmates that their release does not meant that none of them did not individually committed any offence, but for the corrective lessons impacted on them during the trial period.
The Controller of Bauchi Custodial Centre, CC Abubakar Kari Bajoga also chipped in to further warned the freed inmates that should anyone of them retrace steps back into the correctional centre, he would be reprimanded into a single cell.
It could be recalled that the chief judge had Tuesday while in Azare in the course of inmates cases review exercise, was bombarded with an inmate who traced his steps back into the correctional centre from among the 96 ATMs Governor Bala Abfulkadir Mohammed recently granted state pardon under the prerogative of Mercy of the law.
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