Eid-el Fitr: Senetor Wamakko frees 50 inmates in Sokoto
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Curruption Sen. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, has facilitated the release of 50 inmates from Sokoto Correctional Center.
The inmates were released after the payment of debts, fines and compensations by the Senator representing Sokoto North Senatorial District.
This was in continuation with the annual gesture of Sen. Wamakko extended to the beneficiaries in every last ten days of Ramadan.
Speaking , while releasing the inmates, the Welfare officer of the Sokoto Custodial Centre, ASP Ayyuba Alhassan, commended Sen. Wamakko for sustaining the invaluable perennial gesture.
He said that, out of the 50 freed inmates, 6 are women, while 35 inmates were from the Custodial Centre, Sokoto.
Others are from different satellite Custodial Centres across the State .
In his message, Sen. Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, explained that, the gesture was aimed at enabling the beneficiaries to celebrate the Eid -el Fitr with their relatives.
According to Sen. Wamakko, the gesture was also aimed at further decongesting the prisons, as well as bolstering the nation’s judiciary system.
Speaking also on this gesture, the Officer-in- Charge of the Custodial Centre, A. Bala, advised the freed inmates to be of good conduct, law-abiding and respectful to their various families.
He commended Sen. Wamakko for sustaining the annual gesture, and appealed to other wealthy individuals to emulate him.
