The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami is to launch nationwide deployment and use of virtual court proceedings in the Nigeria's correctional centres.
In a statement, senior special assistant on media and public relations, Office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Dr. Umar Gwandu revealed that Malami is to launch the pilot project at the Kuje correctional centre, Abuja, on Monday, December 6, 2021.
Gwandu disclosed that the Secretary of the presidential committee on correctional reforms and decomgestion, Leticia Ayoola-Daniels is working with the representative of the supporting organization; Mrs. Oyinye Ndubuisi of the UNDP, to ensure achievement of the project.
He stated that the initiative is one of the strategic interventions by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and indeed the Federal Government towards engendering lasting reforms in the Criminal Justice Sector in Nigeria.
He said the development of the Consolidated Sentencing Guidelines (Custodial and Non-Custodial) Practice Directions, 2020.
According to the SSA, The Ministry in collaboration with the Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion expedite engagement with the Nigerian Correctional Centres to make it possible for evidence of suspects in custody to be taken without their physical presence in court to avoid disruptions.
He added that the development is part of the process to implement the Post-Covid-19 Justice Sector Plan marshaled out by the Office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice in April, 2020.
Furthermore, Dignitaries expected at the Occasion are the Honourable Minister of Interior; Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Controller - General of the Nigerian Correctional Service; Halilu Nababa as well as members of the Presidential Committee on Correctional Reforms and Decongestion.
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