Abdullahi Ganduje, Kano State governor has pardoned 12 prisoners on death row who have spent 25 years awaiting execution.
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This is contained in a statement presented by the spokesperson for the Nigeria Correctional Service, Kano State Command, Musbahu Kofar-Nassarawa, yesterday in Kano. DAILY NIGERIAN reports.
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Mr. Kofar-Nassarawa said the governor also commuted the death sentences of six inmates to life imprisonment.
”Ganduje also pardoned four female inmates with long-term sentences based on their good behaviour and industry as recommended by the correctional authority.NYSC Portal
“He gave the released inmates N5,000 each as transportation fare to enable them to reunite with their families,” he said.
The chairman of the state Committee on Prerogative of Mercy, Abdullahi Garba-Rano, commended Mr. Ganduje for using the power conferred on him by the constitution to release the inmates.JAMB Result
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