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Pa Celestine Egbunuche, who clocked 100 last Saturday; August 4, within the confines of Enugu Maximum Prison.

The centenarian, who hails from Akokwa in Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, was condemned to death along with his son, Paul and another relation, now 87.

They were said to have been engaged in a fight over a piece of land and in the process, somebody died. With such fate, Pa Egbunuche has for over 17 years lived in desolation and hopelessness.

Zonal Resource Executive of GSAC, Amaka Nweke pleaded with Chief Judge of Enugu State, Justice Priscilla Emehelu to look into the case of Pa Egbunuche whom she said their investigation showed might be Africa’s oldest inmate.

If eventually released, the organisation would also want the Federal and State Governments to take care of Pa Egbunuche’s rehabilitation.

Chief judge, Emehelu, during the 2018 jail delivery sessions in the three prisons in the state pardoned about 130 inmates.