Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- The thirty-one female inmates in the Nigerian Correctional Service Custodial Centre, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, are all standing trial for murder.

The state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Ben Odo, disclosed this at the custodial centre on Tuesday.

He spoke when the wife of the state governor, Mary-Maudlin Nwifuru, paid fines for 41 male inmates of the centre convicted with the option of fines to secure their freedom.

A 16-year-old boy, Ogobuchi Ikebe, convicted for stealing Bluetooth, was among those released after Mrs Nwifuru paid a fine for him.

The Abakaliki Correctional Service Custodial Centre has a total of 1,265 inmates out of which 31 of them are females.

Mr Odo said none of the 31 female inm...