Chief Judge of Ebonyi State, Justice Alloy Nwankwo, has discharged no fewer than 28 prison inmates awaiting trial in Abakaliki and Afikpo prisons.
Other 21 inmates were also granted bail during a jail delivery exercise at the prisons.
The exercise carried out by the chief judge threw up some issues in criminal justice delivery in the state.
Justice Nwankwo said the issues include lack of case files or information on inmates, unlawful detention and trumped-up charges by authorities.
Reacting to the case of inmates detained for unknown offences, the chief judge noted that the practice direction, which banished withholding charge, was assisting to restore sanity in criminal justice delivery in the state.
Stakeholders used the occasion to call for commitment to speedy dispensation of justice by those involved in criminal justice system in the state.
Controller of Prisons in the state, Mrs Bibian Uche-Okpoko, expressed concern over the number of inmates awaiting trial in the prison, leading to congestion and commended the chief judge for the exercise.
Some of the inmates commended the chief judge and the state government for the opportunity given to them and promised to be a better citizen.
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