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Ekwulobia Prison

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Background

Ekwulobia Prison is a federal medium security prison sited closely to the former vice President Alex Ekwueme's Oko Community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. The prison which was the only infrastructure given to the Ekwulobia community during the Shagari era in the second republic, has an operational housing capacity of 85 inmates. The facility was opened in 2010 and initially had 25 prisoners. The capacity of the prison is 80 persons and the prison had about 204 inmates as of 2019. It was also made known that 165 persons were registered as awaiting trial inmates.

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