A middle aged man, Tuwanse Kabiru
serving life 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 m****r. 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
enroll . I was actually imprisoned after being found guilty of committing
m****r and I have served 11 years so far.
I am still hopeful that things will
turnaround 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 enroll 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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