The Federal Government says the number of repeat offenders within the Nigerian Correctional Service has dropped significantly from 11,616 in 2023 to 1,382 in 2025, attributing the development to ongoing rehabilitation and reformation programmes.
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, disclosed this on Wednesday during the presentation of an investigative report on the NCoS, describing the trend as evidence that reforms in the correctional system were yielding results.
“Recidivism was 11,616 in 2023 when we came in, dropped to 3,156 in 2024 and came down to 1,382 recidivists in 2025.
“It means that our reformation programmes are bearing fruit. The point is that we are no longer where we were.
We are making progress,” the minister said.
He added that the government would not declare success until the figure was reduced to zero.
“For us, not until recidivism gets to zero can we say we have succeeded,” Tunji-Ojo said.
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