The NCoS made this known in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Umar Abubakar, stating the figure represents approximately 74 percent of the country’s total inmate population of 80,879.

The registration, conducted in collaboration with the National Identity Management Commission, is part of an ongoing effort to integrate inmates into Nigeria’s national identity database.

The service emphasized that the process is progressing steadily and that mechanisms have been established to ensure the seamless registration of the remaining inmates.

While reacting to recent media reports claiming that NIN registration had yet to begin in any custodial centre, the NCoS described such reports as false and misleading.

It reaffirmed that the enrolment of inmates has not only commenced but is yielding tangible results.