The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Curruption, Sen. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has facilitated the release of 50 inmates from Sokoto Correctional Center.
The inmates were released after the payment of fines and compensations by the Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District.
This was in continuation of Wamakko’s annual gesture of extending succour to inmates during the last ten days of Ramadan.
Speaking while releasing the inmates, the Welfare officer of the Sokoto Custodial Centre, ASP Ayyuba Alhassan commended Sen. Wamakko for sustaining the invaluable perennial gesture.
According to him, out of the 50 freed inmates, six are women, while 35 inmates were from the Custodial Centre, Sokoto.
Others are from different satellite Custodial Centres across the State.
In his message, Wamakko explained that the gesture was aimed at enabling the beneficiaries to celebrate the Eid-el Fitr with their relatives.
According to him, the gesture was also aimed at further decongesting the prisons, as well as bolstering the nation’s judiciary system.
The Officer-in- Charge of the Custodial Centre, A. Bala advised the freed inmates to be of good conduct, law-abiding and respectful to their various families.
He commended Wamakko for sustaining the annual gesture, and appealed to other wealthy individuals to emulate him.
