11 freed inmates
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A non-governmental organisation, Anchor Heritage Initiative, has paid the fines of some inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Centres and secured their release months after languishing in confinement. It was gathered that the lucky inmates had been convicted by different courts of law over some offences but were given the option of fines they could not…
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