The Chief Judge of Niger State,Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik has displayed the highest level of magnimity to a teenager who was serving jailterm at the Minna remand home as she is to sponsor his education to University level.
The Chief Judge also pledged the donation of (N500,000) five hundred thousand Naira to support the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre for their skill acquisition unit
The kind gesture of the Chief Judge was extended to the Suleja Correctional centre during her visit to the facilities to decongest the centre and she was impressed with the rehabilitation of the inmates for engaging in the skill.
Gabriel Silas was sentenced to three years behind the correctional centre along with Isah Tenimu for an offence of criminal trespass and mischief and theft and offence which contravened sections.228,327 and 348 of the penal code law.
Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik was at the Minna Children Remand home as part of her annual working visit to the correctional facilities across the state to decongest the centre.
During her visit to the remand home Tuesday,the 3rd of March, 2026, the Chief Judge was apparently moved with the remorseful disposition of Gabriel Silas who was in his early teenage when he was sentenced.
She displayed a high level of empathy on the teenager whom she described his being in the remand home as an avoidable circumstance that he needed a support to be useful to the society.
“ The circumstance that brought him to this place could be avoided if he has a good support from his Mother. I can see talent in him. If he had a good support he will be useful to the society.
“ You can even see how remorseful he has been since all these while. I have taken over his sponsorship of his education up to University education. I can't just allow him to waste his life at his age.
“ I will sponsor his education up to University level. He need support to put his talent in use.
I would not allow him to waste his life but to better his life to be useful to the society” Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik asserted in an emotional laden tune.
Additionally, Justice Halima Abdulmalik also released his jail mate Isah Tanimu who were convicted together with the pledged to pay part of their fine option .
During her visit to the children remand home, three other teenager were released by the Chief Judge .
Speaking in an interview with journalists after the exercise the head of the Minna Remand home Hajiya Hassan Yakubu appreciated the magnanimity of the Chief Judge for extending her kind gesture to the inmates for sponsoring his education up to University level.
Hajiya Hassana described the Chief Judge kind gesture to the Gabriel Silas as unprecedented in the history of the Children Remand home.
“ The Chief Judge of Niger State has made a big history in this home today. She really displayed her motherliness to this boy. She really showed empathy as a mother.
“ We will continued to pray for the Chief Judge for Allah Swt to continue to give her more strength and large heart to touch the lives of the vulnerable in the society especially in this glorious month of Ramadan” she asserted.
Hajiya Hassana Yakubu described Gabriel Sillas as the most obedient inmate that always guide the rule and regulations guiding the remand home stating that he is always there in the room.
“ He is the most obedient inmate we have in this house. He is very inteligent and very talented. He is always there anytime infact,we even send him to town to buy things and he will go and return back to the home.
“ He is already use to the house and he believe in himself that he cannot run to any where knowing fully well the consequence of escaping from custody.The Chief Judge has done what Mother should do to her children she added.
A total of fourteen inmates were kept at the Children Remand home out of which three were released with eleven remaining at the home.
