“Custodial Sentencing Not The Only Option” — CJN, AGF Push Restorative Justice; Cite Trial Delays, Awaiting Trial Inmates As Key Cause Of Prison Overcrowding

“Custodial Sentencing Not The Only Option” — CJN, AGF Push Restorative Justice; Cite Trial Delays, Awaiting Trial Inmates As Key Cause Of Prison Overcrowding

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Lateef Fagbemi, and the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Justice Babatunde Adejumo, have advocated the enhanced deployment of non-custodial sentencing measures to address prison congestion. They noted that current reality dictates that judges and magistrates can no longer view custodial sentencing as the only opti…