By Muhammad Ibrahim, Sokoto
Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has again secured the release of over 60 inmates serving various jail terms for different offences in various custodial centres in the state.
This has been the Senator’s tradition since 2015 to date, as a way of reducing cases that have been dumped and as well as decongest the custodial centres.
The gesture coming through Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko Free Legal Service Foundation as part of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko’s relentless invaluable efforts in improving the lives of the people in general.
The State Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Nasir Muhammad Binji, represented by one of the directors in the Ministry, Barrister Mustapha Abubakar said that, although some of the inmates were docked for cases that happened out of their will, some of them were destined to be there.
He admonished the freed inmates to steer clear from the same mistakes that will take them back to the custodial centres
He further commended the leadership style and the unwavering commitment of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, which he said has routinely been a dogged benefactor to the less- privileged.
In his submission, the representative of Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, Barrister Bashir Mu’azu Jodi while congratulating the ex-convicts, further said that it’s disheartening to hear the stories that put some of them into custody.
He called on other stakeholders in the state to put in their hands in saving the innocent lives from the custodial centres.
Also commenting, Secretary of the foundation, Barrister Abdulhamid Zubairu, said each inmate was presented with transport fees to be able to go home and reunite with families.
Among the freed inmates was a woman.
Garba Usman, one of the ex-convicts thanked the Senator for the gesture and prayed to Allah the Almighty to reward him abundantly.
