A woman, Zuwaira Yusuf, has been released from the Hong Correctional Centre in Hong LGA of Adamawa State after serving eight months for stealing a shirt and a cooler.
She was sentenced to two years for the crime and had been incarcerated since her conviction by the magistrates’ court in Gombi LGA.
Zuwaira was freed when the Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee (JDC) headed by the Chief Judge, Hon Justice Hafsat Abdulrahaman, visited the correctional centre.
Folarin Kehinde is an Abuja-based journalist with over 5 years of experience in journalism. His work has earned him national and international recognition across various beats, including environment, health and politics.
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