A nursing mother, Comfort James, who gave birth to a son, Emmanuel, during her remand in Kirikiri prison, and her husband, Bassey Ude, were among the 96 prisoners released from the facility by the Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Ayotunde Philips, on Tuesday.
Philips, while on a visit aimed at decongesting the prisons, released eight female prisoners from the women section and 88 men from the Medium section of the prisons.
The Deputy Comptroller of Prison in charge of the female section of the prison, Mrs. Isioma Onwuli, said there were four pregnant women in the prison, and with Comfort’s release, there are now eight babies left.
