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Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu is proposing a bill seeking to make some amendments to the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) of 2015.
This was confirmed when the bill titled ‘Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 (amendment) Bill’ was introduced during Wednesday’s plenary session by the clerk of the Senate, Nelson Ayewoh.
MERIDIAN SPY could however not confirm the details of the bill which has not been made public, but there are insinuations that it could border on decongesting the Correctional Centres across the nation.
It should be recalled that Kalu who spent about five months in prison, following his December conviction for N7.1 billion fraud, had, in May, lamented that over 70 percent of the population in prison are awaiting trial.
“I shall be dedicating my time henceforth to ensuring there will be justice for all Nigerians whether they are in Sokoto or Akwa Ibom or in Lagos or Maiduguri or in Jos or Enugu, or wherever they may be,” he had said in a statement.
“A system whereby over 70% of all prison inmates population is made up of people awaiting trial cannot be allowed to continue.
“Situations where innocent people are falsely charged with murder just to get them out of the way does not dignify our country and cannot continue. Justice must now mean justice for all. That is my pledge to Nigerians.”
This is however the former Abia governor’s first bill since his resumption at the Upper Chambers of the National Assembly.
