The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba has blamed parents and guardians for the fate of children in conflict with the law as he released 42 juveniles from BORSAL Correctional Training Institute, Adigbe, Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Their release, which held at Samuel Ilori Court House , Ogba, Lagos followed the recommendation of Correctional Centres Decongestion Committee chaired by Justice Adenike Coker.
They all narrated to the Chief Judge the harrowing circumstances that brought them to the custody of the Correctional Training institute.
Justice Alogba remarked that the juveniles are not to be blamed for their defiance against the law but their parents.
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The Chief Judge emphasised that parents had stood by their children and brought them up well, instead of socializing, most of these children will not have any brush with the law.
He urged Police officers to have fear of God in the conduct of their investigations saying that the number of children arrested unnecessarily is not a measure of success.
He charged Magistrates’ to henceforth look beyond charges brought before them and to discharge the children where such allegations are not properly investigated.
Earlier, representative of the Controller of Borstal Institution Adigbe, Assistant Superintendent Controller, Raji Yussuf who noted that it was the first time inmates of the Institute were to be granted freedom assured the Chief Judge that the inmates have become remorse and changed for the better.
He however pleaded for support of the government to improve vocational training in the institute.
