Ondo govt frees 26 inmates to contain spread of COVID-19

The Ondo State government has ordered the release of no fewer than 26 inmates of the Olokuta Correctional Centre Akure, the state capital.

This was reveald in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Segun Ajiboye, who said that the inmates were granted pardon to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic especially at the correctional center in the state.

Ajiboye said, “This is in exercise of the power conferred on the Governor by paragraph (d) of the sub-section (1) of section 212, of the Nigeria constitution 1999 (as amended).”

READ ALSO: COVID-19: Gombe assembly recommends total lockdown of state

This comes after the Lagos State government Tuesday confirmed the discharge of nine more coronavirus patients after they recovered from the disease.

The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who disclosed this in a statement, said the patients were discharged after testing negative for the disease twice.

Join the conversation

Opinions

Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism

Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.

As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.

If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.

Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.

Donate Now