No fewer than 23 inmates at correctional centres in Rivers State have regained their freedom following a jail delivery exercise aimed at decongesting custodial facilities across the state.
Of the 23 inmates released, 18 were freed from the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre, while five regained their freedom from the Ahoada Correctional Centre after their cases were reviewed by magistrates.
The Chief Registrar of the Rivers State Judiciary, David Ihua-Maduenyi, disclosed this in a statement dated July 24, 2026, noting that the exercise was conducted on July 22.
According to the statement made available to journalists in Port Harcourt on Monday, the jail delivery exercise was carried out on the directive of the Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice Simeon Chibuzor Amadi.
The statement noted that the exercise marked the first phase of the 2026 prison decongestion programme, adding that the judiciary would continue periodic case reviews to protect the rights
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