Jigawa NUJ secures release of six inmates

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) council in Jigawa State paid the fines of six inmates at Gumel Correctional Centre who had remained in custody because they could not afford them. The humanitarian intervention was part of the council’s first Press Week; the beneficiaries were Musa Ilu, Umar Sani, Inusa Lawan, Hassan Shu’aibu, Nuhu Hassan and Suraja Tahir. An NUJ delegation also donated essential goods to Dutse Correctional Centre. The centre’s officer-in-charge, CSC Muhammad Nazir, praised the gesture and urged other organisations to follow suit.