Tears, Joy as Lagos Chief judge frees 209 underage inmates

Incensed by the lock up of underage girls and boys in adult prisons with hardened criminals for minor offences, the State Chief Judge, Justice Olufunmilayo Atilade, on Aug. 14, 2017, flung open the prison gates across the state for 209 juvenile offenders out of the scores of disease-ravaged minors trapped in the cells.

Their release was greeted with mixed feelings; tears and joy rented the air as the people let loose their pent-up emotions.

What she saw in the prisons enveloped by foul air and smell smacks of pity and indignation.

Tears, violence at Adeleke’s funeral

Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke’s exit yesterday was as dramatic  as his life.
Amid tears and tension, the remains of the first civilian governor of Osun State were interred at his Ede country home.
Women clasped their hands on their heads, sobbing as his body was lowered into the grave inside his sprawling home around 11.00 am. It was a moving spectacle.
Family members, political supporters and associates were crying, wailing and cursing those they alleged were responsible for the colourful politician’s death.