Ambode donates 5 Hilux, 5 Green Maria, 1 Ambulance to Lagos Prisons

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Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Friday donated vehicles and other equipment to the State’s Prison Services, stressing the need for major reforms to be carried out to decongest prisons across the country.

The vehicles donated by Governor Ambode include five Toyota Hilux, five Green Maria and one Ambulance, assuring that the vehicles would be delivered to the Lagos Prison Services by September.

Ambode made the donation when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Prison Services, Lagos Command, led by the Controller, Mr Tunde Ladipo, at his residence in Epe, saying the donation was his administration’s contribution to make the prisons more conducive.

This was just as the governor expressed concern that Lagos was also having its fair share of congestion as over 70 per cent of inmates across prisons in the state are awaiting trial.

“I am very concerned about the…



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