DELTA STATE CHIEF JUDGE VISITED THE MEDIUM SECURITY CUSTODIAL CENTRE, OGWASHI-UKU IN CONTINUATION OF 2023 FIRST QUARTER JAIL DELIVERY EXERCISE.
The State Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Tessy Diai, accompanied by Hon. Justices G. B. Briki-Okolosi (left) and K. O. Okpu (middle) arrives at the Medium Security Custodial Centre Ogwashi-Uku in continuation of 2023 first quarter jail delivery exercise. An inmate at the Medium Security Custodial Centre Ogwashi-Uku has appealed to the federal government and non-governmental organizations to send instructors to the facility to equip them with requisite skills so that they would be useful to themselves and society when they eventually regain fr…
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DELTA STATE CHIEF JUDGE GRANTS TWO INMATES FREEDOM AT SAPELE CUSTODIAL CENTRE. | Agbaragu Timothy.
The State Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Tessy Diai, has released two inmates, Abubakar Abdullahi and Ufuoma Victor, from the Sapele Custodial Centre as she commenced the first quarter of the 2023 jail delivery exercise yesterday. Abubakar Abdullahi had been in a detention facility since 2020 for the alleged offence of conspiracy, kidnapping, and armed robbery while Ufuoma Victor who was allegedly accused of the same offence had been in custody since 2022. According to the Chief Judge, the court has struck out the same case involving two oth…
DELTA STATE CHIEF JUDGE ROUNDS OFF PRISION VISIT; DISCHARGES 31 INMATES. | Agbaragu Timothy
Delta State Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Tessy Diai rounded off the tour of Custodial Centres across the state yesterday as she discharged 10 inmates at Ogwashi-Uku Centre, after reviewing 541 warrants. At the conclusion of her tour of the five Custodial Centres in the State, Justice Diai stated that a total number of 31 inmates were discharged out of the 1966 warrants reviewed. Giving the breakdown, she disclosed that in Warri 639 warrants were reviewed and four were discharged; in Sapele, 242 were reviewed and four were released; 304 warr…
DELTA STATE CHIEF JUDGE DISCHARGES EIGHT INMATES IN AGBOR CUSTODIAL CENTRE. | Agbaragu Timothy
Five defendants charged with possession of firearms and a single barrel were among the eight inmates discharged today by the Delta State Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Diai from the Agbor Custodial Centre, Agbor in the Ika South Local Government Area. The freed accused persons, four in their twenties and one teenager arraigned before the Magistrate Court 1 Agbor on September 14, 2022, for the possession of firearms, were set free based on the legal advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to the effect that they were innocent of th…
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR CORRECTIONAL CENTRES - DELTA STATE CHIEF JUDGE | Agbaragu Timothy
Delta State Chief Judge, Honorable Justice Tessy Diai has reinstated that the Nigerian Correctional Service is under the exclusive list of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) and therefore was the responsibility of the federal government. That notwithstanding, according to her, the state government was doing all it could to ameliorate the challenges faced by custodial centres across the state within the limited available resources. Justice Diai who released five inmates yesterday stated this at the Kwale Custo…
DELTA STATE CHIEF JUDGE FREES FOUR INMATES AT THE SAPELE CUSTODIAL CENTER. | Agbaragu Timothy
Four more inmates regained freedom yesterday at the Sapele Custodial Center courtesy of the State Chief Judge, Honorable Justice Tessy Diai in continuation of the jail delivery exercise. This brings the total number so far released to eight, having discharged four defendants earlier at the Warri prison. The four who breathed the air of freedom were Anthony Edafiaga, Moses Oghenevwegba, Onoriode Ibru, and Precious Atanunu. They were alleged to have committed offenses ranging from unlawful carnal knowledge, arson, stealing, and conspiracy. While…
DELTA STATE CHIEF JUDGE VISITS THE WARRI CUSTODIAL CENTER.
The hope of inmates of the Warri Custodial Center (a.k.a Okere prison) was dashed as the Chief Judge of Delta state, Honourable Justice Tessy Diai did not release any on the first day of her jail delivery exercise which commenced yesterday (18/10/2022). The Chief Judge who reviewed over 400 warrants amid the expectation of releases reiterated the need for presiding magistrates to conclude custodial matters before them within the statutory time. Flanked by judges at the visit, the Chief Judge thanked judges of the High Court of Justice, staff o…
DELTA STATE CHIEF JUDGE COMMENCES A VISIT TO CUSTODIAL CENTRES ON OCTOBER 18TH.
The Delta State Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Tessy Diai, will on Tuesday, October 18th, embark on the last quarter of 2022 visit to the five Custodial Centres of the Nigerian Correctional Service and the Sapele Remand Home, across the state. According to the itinerary of the Honourable Chief Judge's visit released by the office of the Chief Registrar, High Court of Justice, Delta State, Justice Diai will begin the visit with the Custodial Centre, Warri (popularly known as Okere prison) on Tuesday, October 18th to Wednesday, October 19…
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DELTA STATE CHIEF JUDGE CONCLUDES PRISON VISIT, FREES 19 IN OGWASHI-UKU. | Agbaragu Timothy
The Delta State Chief Judge, Honourable Justice Tessy Diai has concluded the second quarter of the jail delivery exercise at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ogwashi-Uku where she ordered the release of 19 inmates. Justice Diai who had been on a tour of the five custodial centres of the Nigerian Correctional Service in the state stated that a total number of 1, 820 warrants of inmates were reviewed out of which 42 were discharged during the exercise Giving a summary of the exercise at Ogwashi-Uku custodial centre at the end of the two we…
