Nigeria: 300 Children in Prisons, Says Aondoakaa

8 January 2008

The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), says there are more than 300 children in the country's prisons.

Aondoakaa told the House of Representatives Committee on Justice in Abuja yesterday that many of the children were born in the prisons.

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