Next was a Chapel service at Eket Prison, a ways further into Akwa Ibom State. The DCC here, Mr. Njuko was also Christian, with a servant attitude, as much as “commander” stripes allow. This prison has a current population of 268 inmates, with the facility built for a capacity of 123. Assignments as follows:
Prison OIC Gifts Emcee Testimony 1st Sermon 2nd Sermon Altar Call Healing Leader Prayer Inmate Gifts Eket Dee Dee Bob Dee Chase Chase Bob Dee Don
Again we distributed humanitarian aid.
For the first time ever, our Humanitarian Aid also included paying off the fine still owed by one of the Christian prisoners that had served his sentence but didn’t have any way or people to work to earn his fine, and the administrative fee that accompanies paying it. That US $45 fine and $15 fee payoff was a surprise to him, to a state of grateful shock. He had completed the term of his sentence, but without payment of the fine that accompanied the sentence, he would have to stay in prison regardless of how long it takes to earn or find the funds to pay it off. There are
apparently other inmates in that same position, they’ve served the term of their jail sentence but don’t have the funds to pay the penalty part of their sentence, and they’re stuck in prison until they/someone pays the fines. He was so shocked at the surprise of his qualifying for release that he was literally “frozen” in place, unable to speak. We mentioned to the OIC before we went into the service what we were able to do, and he was quite pleased for
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