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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Sunday expressed shock over the number of mad person cohabiting with sane inmate in the Abakaliki Federal prisons and demanded urgent attention to avoid uncertainty.
The commission said that more than 15 of the inmates awaiting trials in the prisons are run mad and require urgent medical attention.
It also said many children and their mothers have been languishing in the prisons for years for common offence which ordinarily shouldn’t have warranted their being taken to the prisons.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Bem Angwe made the revelations at the Government House, Abakaliki during a courtesy call on Governor David Umahi.
Mr. Angwe said the commission was in Abakaliki to probe the attempted jailbreak of August 18 this year in which many inmates reportedly lost their lives.
He said: “There are more than 15 persons there who are mentally sick. These are our brothers who require medical attention and they are allowed there. Some urgent must be done to save their conditions”, he said.
Responding, Governor Umahi who expressed dismay over the poor facilities at the Abakaliki federal prisons, regretted that prisons higher authority have not paid attention to his letters on the need to rehabilitate the facilities.
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The commission said that more than 15 of the inmates awaiting trials in the prisons are run mad and require urgent medical attention.
It also said many children and their mothers have been languishing in the prisons for years for common offence which ordinarily shouldn’t have warranted their being taken to the prisons.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Professor Bem Angwe made the revelations at the Government House, Abakaliki during a courtesy call on Governor David Umahi.
Mr. Angwe said the commission was in Abakaliki to probe the attempted jailbreak of August 18 this year in which many inmates reportedly lost their lives.
He said: “There are more than 15 persons there who are mentally sick. These are our brothers who require medical attention and they are allowed there. Some urgent must be done to save their conditions”, he said.
Responding, Governor Umahi who expressed dismay over the poor facilities at the Abakaliki federal prisons, regretted that prisons higher authority have not paid attention to his letters on the need to rehabilitate the facilities.
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