31 female inmates facing murder trial in Ebonyi

“The 31 female inmates who are here still have ongoing matters in court and because they still have ongoing cases in court, we can’t pay for fines of people that have not been sentenced by the court. The Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ben Odo, disclosed this on Tuesday when the wife of the state governor, Mrs Mary-Maudline Uzoamaka Nwifuru, paid fines of 41 male inmates convicted with option fines to secure their freedom. He disclosed that he witnessed the death of five persons in prison and vowed not to go back to the offence that brought him to prison. Odo said none of the 31 female inmates was among the released inmates by the governor’s wife because they were facing capital offences. Addressing the freed inmates, the First Lady urged them to shun crime to avoid going back to the prison.