It said it noticed during its visit to the prison that the facility, designed for 804 people, held 3,752 inmates, of which 3,283 were awaiting trial, with only 469 convicted, making it the prison with the highest number of awaiting trial inmates in the country. The group urged Governor Nyesom Wike and the Chief Judge, Adama Iyayi-Lamikanra, to reverse the situation. It made its request in its letters to Governor Wike and Justice Iyayi-Lamikanra, dated February 2, signed by its Executive Director, Sylvester Uhaa. The organisation said the situation posed health, economic and social danger for the inmates, their families and state. It added that the overcrowding of the prison constituted security threat to the host community and prison officials in case of riot or jailbreak. “The detention of 3,283 suspects, representing 87.5 per cent of the population, is one of the greatest and brutal forms of human rights violation,” the body said. It enjoined the chief judge “to visit the prison, review cases of those awaiting trial and make recommendations for speedy trial.” The group asked the governor to direct those charged with ensuring justice delivery to perform. It requested Wike to ask the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice to work with the House of Assembly to domesticate the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, as this would solve some of the problems.]]>