Nigeria, March 18 -- Eighteen inmates have reportedly been released from the Keffi Correctional Centre in Nasarawa State following the intervention of a federal lawmaker.

Ahmed Wadada, the senator representing Nasarawa West District, said he facilitated their release through his lawyers.

He said the inmates had spent over two years at the facility awaiting trial for minor offences or because they were unable to pay fines.

A senior legislative aide to the senator, Theophilus Ego, made this known in a statement on Monday in Nasarawa State.

"As part of his commitment to serving humanity, My Principal and the Peoples Senator, Sen. Ahmed Wadada Aliyu (Sarkin Yakin Keffi), facilitated the release of 18 (eighteen) number inmates from the Kef...