The Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Oluwafumilayo Atilade, on Tuesday released 20 inmates awaiting trial from the Ikoyi Prisons.
Atilade made the gesture as part of the celebration of activities marking the 2016/2017 legal year.
Atilade pardoned the prisoners at a mini-court session at the Prisons.
She said:“Having been informed by the prison officials of the offences for which you have been in prison for a period longer than three months, I pronounce, pursuant to the provisions of Sections 1(1) of the Criminal Justice (Release from Custody) Act, 2007 as well as Section 35 of the 1999 Constitution, you are all hereby released from custody this 27th day of September, 2016.
“This is without prejudice to any charge that may be preferred against you at a later date; I, therefore, enjoin you to turn a new leaf and go and sin no more.”
