ABU Mmaduaburochukwu Foundation, a non-governmental organization has offset bail of five inmates of Awka Custodial Center after they regained their freedom
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the NGO, Chief Christopher Attah during a visit to the center also donated food and sanitation item such as cartons of soap, cartons of gala, dozens of tissue papers and many more to the centre.
ANN gathered that those that gained their freedom through the bail include: Izuchukwu Nwosu, Chekwube Ogbuagu, Ebuka Afuba, Uchechukwu Izundu and Chigozie Nkili.
As reflected in their motto, ‘We Rise By Lifting People’, ABU Mmaduaburochukwu Foundation has continued to better the lives of the downtrodden, destitute, the poor and others who are dire need of better lives.
After fulfilling all the necessary conditions needed before being released, ABU Mmaduaburochukwu Foundation also gave some amount of money to ease their transport back home and resettlement.
The organization also promised to follow them up through their founder, Chief Attah and to also make sure that they are gainfully employed or acquire any skill that will help them become self reliant, employers of labour, and better members of society.
Speaking in an interview, the founder of the ABU Mmaduaburochukwu Foundation, Chief Christopher Attah said that the gesture is the sixth in the series and also a way to make yuletide memorable to the beneficiaries.
He noted that as a foundation that fights for social justice, they decided foundation embarked on processing for those who have been in detention and without money or resource to meet their bail bonds as given to them in court or those who are there because they do not have people that will fill fulfill their bail requirements or are intimidated for a crime they didn’t fulfill.
Chief Attah vouched to monitor and see to the total transformation of the beneficiaries while advising advising youths to desist from crime, criminality and any other thing that will mar their future but rather to engage things that will bring them positive outcomes in life.
The Deputy Controller Of Nigerian Correctional Service, Awka Custodial Center, Reverend Solomon Uba thanked the Founder of the organization, Chief Attah, describing him as a philanthropist per excellence.
He pointed out that he has made it a duty to identify with the inmates at all times, praying God to bless him the more while he charged those that regained freedom not to go back to what brought them.
On her part, the Police Public Relations Officer, Zone 13 Headquarters, Ukpo, Mrs Josephine Ihunwo stated that ABU Maduburochukwu Foundation has been a good friend to the police and his gesture towards the needy have continued to reduce crime in the society and in helping the police in their jobs to re-shaping the lives of youths who finds themselves in crimes and criminality.
Mrs Ihunwo promised that they will continue to visit the Custodial center to help and charging the inmates to run away from crime and do the right thing.
Speaking on behalf of the five in-mates released, Uchechukwu Izundu and Chigozie Nkili vowed not to go back to those activities that led them to the situation and thanked the founder of the organization, Chief Attah for the gesture he extended to them.
