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Rivers CJ Begins 2021 Gaol Delivering Exercise, ’Morrow
As part of efforts to decongest the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre, the Rivers State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Amadi, will, tomorrow, commence the 2021 gaol delivery exercise at the Port Harcourt Maximum Security Custodial Centre.
A statement signed by the Acting Chief Registrar, High Court, Rivers State, David Davis Ihua-Maduenyi, indicated that the programme would start at 10am at the centre in Port Harcourt.
The statement further said that the state chief judge was exercising his powers in pursuant of the provisions of Section 1 (1) as enshrined in the Criminal Justice (Release from Custody) (Special Provisions) Act, Cap, C40 Revised Edition (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) 2004.