Ogun State Indigenes Top List Of Prisoners In Lagos

 The Lagos State Criminal Information System, January-March, 2019 edition has identified stealing as the crime for which majority of inmates in the five prisons in the state are being held.

It also identified Ogun as the state of origin of most of the inmates held in the five prisons across Lagos State.

Of the total of 9,044 inmates in the prisons in Lagos State as of March, 422 are from Ogun State.

Oyo State came second with 359 of its indigenes in prisons in Lagos.

Lagos itself has 276 of its indigenes in custody, while Osun State came next with 208 indigenes.

Others states whose indigenes are in high numbers in prisons in Lagos State are Kwara, with 194 indigenes; Imo, with 191 indigenes; and Ondo, with 152 indigenes.

While there is none of the 36 states of the federation whose indigenes are not in prisons in Lagos State, Taraba State, with six indigenes, has the lowest figure.

The report revealed that 56 per cent of the 9,044 inmates have no lawyers to represent them in court.

It identified Eti-Osa as the part of Lagos where most of the inmates were arrested for stealing.

The report listed Alimosho, Apapa, Lagos Mainland and Amuwo Odofin as the next four most notorious spots for stealing and cultism in Lagos State.

According to the report, though the five prisons in Lagos State have a combined holding capacity of 4,087, as of the end of March, 9,044 inmates, with 78 per cent awaiting trial, were being held in them.

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Chris Kehinde Nwandu is the Editor In Chief of CKNNEWS || He is a Law graduate and an Alumnus of Lagos State University, Lead City University Ibadan and Nigerian Institute Of Journalism || With over 2 decades practice in Journalism, PR and Advertising, he is a member of several Professional bodies within and outside Nigeria || Member: Institute Of Chartered Arbitrators ( UK ) || Member : Institute of Chartered Mediators And Conciliation || Member : Nigerian Institute Of Public Relations || Member : Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria || Fellow : Institute of Personality Development And Customer Relationship Management || Member and Chairman Board Of Trustees: Guild Of Professional Bloggers of Nigeria

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