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Lagos judge frees 64 detainees

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    Lagos State Chief Judge Christopher Segun freed some 64 detainees awaiting trial in Ikoyi and Kirikiri medium prisons on Tuesday as part of activities marking the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Law Week, ‘The Guardian’ reported.

    The chairman of the local branch of the NBA said that he was delighted that the judge had agreed to the association’s special request to free the detainees to commemorate its law week, the daily added.

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