Man Serving Life Imprisonment Gets Bachelor’s Degree In Prison
sentence in kirikiri, on Saturday graduated with
4,308 students at the 3rd convocation of the
National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), in
Lagos.
Kabiru was sentenced to life imprisonment after he was
found guilty of murder. The prisoner who came in
company of the prison officials was awarded a
Bachelors degree (BA) in Human Resource
Management.
"I want to thank God for what he is doing in my life. I
have always had hope in God and that is what inspired
me to enrol. I was actually imprisoned after being
found guilty of committing murder and I have served
11 years so far. I am still hopeful that things will turn
around one day for the better having achieved what I
have today," he said.
The Assistant Controller-General Nigeria Prisons,
Chuks Afejue, hailed the courage displayed by the
graduating inmate, saying he was the first to enrol and
kick start academic activities at the prisons study centre.
According to him, this will prove to people that the
prison is not just a dumping ground for those who seem
not to have any more hope.
"The prison is a place where reforms and rehabilitation
take place. Currently, we have a total of 48 inmates
who are enrolled in all the four major prisons study
centres across the country.
"It is an exciting exercise and we want to seize this
opportunity to plead with the Federal government to try
and temper justice with mercy, having achieved this
feat. He pleaded on behalf of Tuwanse.
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