Nigerian Man Who Was Sentenced To Life Imprisonment Gets Bachelor's Degree!

A middle aged man, Tuwanse Kabiru serving life
sentence in kirikiri, on Saturday graduated with 4,308
students at the 3RD convocation of the National
Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), in Lagos.
Kabiru was sentenced to life imprisonment after he
was found guilty of murder. The prisoner who came in company of the prison officials was awarded a
Bachelors degree (BA) in Human Resource
Management


"I want to thank God for what he is doing in my life.
I have always had hope in God and that is what
inspired me to enrol. I was actually imprisoned after
being found guilty of committing murder and I have
served 11 years so far. I am still hopeful that things
will turn around one day for the better having achieved what I have today," he said..


The Assistant Controller-General Nigeria Prisons,
Chuks Afejue, hailed the courage displayed by the
graduating inmate, saying he was the first to enrol
and kick start academic activities at the prisons study
centre.


According to him, this will prove to people that the
prison is not just a dumping ground for those who
seem not to have any more hope.


"The prison is a place where reforms and
rehabilitation take place. Currently, we have a total of
48 inmates who are enrolled in all the four major
prisons study centres across the country.


"It is an exciting exercise and we want to seize this
opportunity to plead with the Federal government to
try and temper justice with mercy, having achieved
this feat. He pleaded on behalf of Tuwanse.


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