Prison Congestion: Magistrates Directed To Stop Granting Police Remand Orders
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Magistrates in Lagos State have been directed to stop granting remand orders to police to detain suspects in their cells. The Deputy Chief Registrar, Legal, High Court of Lagos State, Joy Uggbomoiko, gave the directive in a circular dated October 18, 2023 and titled: “Re: Rejection of new inmates by correctional service.”…
