Ogun Leads Inmates On Death Row Figure - NCoS Spokesman, Umar

 

Ogun state is leading on the numbers of inmates on Death Row (IDR) across custodial centres nationwide.

According to the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), the state has a total of 568 death row inmates out of the 3,833 Inmates on Death Row (IDR) across custodial centres in the country.

Spokesman of the NCoS, Abubakar Umar, who gave the update while speaking in an interview with the Newsmen in Abuja, said other states including Rivers, Enugu, Lagos and Delta States have the highest number of inmates sentenced to death.

Umar explained that the recent media reports that Kano, Kaduna, and Lagos states have the highest numbers of Inmates on Death Row are false and misleading.

He added that Osun, Ebonyi, Oyo, Kogi, and Anambra States recorded the lowest figures in the same category.

According to him, the breakdown of the figure showed that Rivers with 504, Enugu with 328, Lagos with 314 and Delta with 256.

Umar said at the lower end, Anambra has four Ebonyi, Kogi gets three with Oyo State having two each, while Osun currently had no death row inmates.