In 1975, as a young reporter, I was assigned to cover the visit of Alhaji Lateef Jakande to prisons in Benin City in his capacity then as President of the Prisoners Welfare Association of Nigeria. I followed him to the main prison on Sapele Road and the smaller one at Ogba. It was my first experience inside a prison, including the death row, and it left a lasting impression because it was not a pretty sight. Death row in Nigerian prisons – now called Correctional Centres, though
In 1975, as a young reporter, I was assigned to cover the visit of Alhaji Lateef Jakande to prisons in Benin City in his capacity then as President of the Prisoners Welfare Association of Nigeria. I followed him to the main prison on Sapele Road and the smaller one at Ogba. It was my first experience inside a prison, including the death row, and it left a lasting impression because it was not a pretty sight. Death row in Nigerian prisons – now called Correctional Centres, though
