Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the lawmaker representing Lagos Central and wife of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has sponsored a bill seeking prosecution of officials behind unlawful incarceration of minors. According to her, there are only three borstal facilities in Nigeria, situated in Kaduna, Abeokuta and Ilorin. Senator Oluremi observed that these Borstal facilities were established to admit only male juvenile delinquents between ages sixteen and twenty-one as at the day of conviction. She expressed concern that the Publication also alludes to a statement by officials of the Institute stating that none of the said minors and young persons is ‘in conflict with the law. These were resolutions reached by the Senate on Wednesday, after it considered a motion on “The need to investigate admission of inmates and operations of Borstal facilities across Nigeria.”

Source: Punch June 16, 2022 09:26 UTC