55,000 Inmates Await Trial In Nigerian Correctional Centres – PPDC

The Public and Private Development Centre (PPDC) has raised concerns over the number of inmates awaiting trial in Nigeria, saying about 55,000 people are currently held in correctional centres without their cases being concluded.
The organisation’s chief executive officer, Lucy Abagi, disclosed this on at its Third Annual Law for Humanity Summit 2026 in Abuja, attributing the situation partly to the high cost of legal services, which prevents many indigent Nigerians from accessing legal representation.
Abagi said PPDC had secured bail for more than 8,500 Nigerians and helped prevent about 20,000 others from being admitted into correctional facilities through its interventions over the...