NCoS Says 3,298 Inmates Are On Death Row In Nigeria
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that there are about 3,298 inmates on death row in Nigerian prisons.
The Public Relations Officer, NCoS, Abubakar Umar, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja
He explained that the term ‘condemned criminal’ had been abrogated.
According to him, with the emergence of the NCoS Act 2019 which made the prisons correctional centres, the term ‘condemned criminal’ was abrogated as it is stigmatising.
He pointed out that the service preferred to use a more friendly term of ‘Inmates on Death Row (IDR)’.
He further noted that death sentences were not always carried out immediately after they were imposed.
“There are often long periods of uncertainty for the convicted, while their cases are being appealed at higher levels.
“Inmates awaiting execution live on what we call death row; some offenders have been executed more than 15 years after their convictions.
“They were basically awaiting the hangman’s noose in our custodial centres after being found guilty of capital offences.
“We have quite a number of them; as at today, we have a total of 3,298 inmates on death row. They constitute about 4.5 per cent of the total of number inmates in our various custodial centres nationwide,” he disclosed.
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