26,000 Nigerian children enter custody yearly, most without lawyers — Minister
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has said that about 26,000 children enter custodial and remand facilities in Nigeria every year, with 74 per cent held in pre-trial detention and 68 per cent having no lawyer from their first contact with the justice system. Mrs Sulaiman-Ibrahim disclosed this in a keynote…