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President Bola Tinubu has granted clemency to 175 convicts and erstwhile convicts, with the Presidency explaining that the determination was based connected respective factors including remorse, bully conduct, aged age, acquisition of vocational skills, and enrolment successful acquisition programmes.
According to a connection released by the Special Adviser to the President connected Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, connected Saturday, the Presidential Advisory Committee connected the Prerogative of Mercy, chaired by Attorney-General and Justice Minister, Prince Lateef Olasunkanmi Fagbemi, recommended the pardons aft cautious consideration.
The Presidency disclosed that President Tinubu granted clemency to astir beneficiaries based connected reports showing that they had demonstrated remorse and bully behaviour during their incarceration.
Other factors considered included aged property and wellness conditions, acquisition of caller vocational skills portion successful prison, enrolment successful the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), clip already served, and household circumstances, peculiarly involving babelike children.
The broad database of beneficiaries see 2 inmates granted afloat pardon, 15 erstwhile convicts pardoned (11 of whom person died, receiving posthumous pardons), 82 inmates granted clemency, 65 inmates whose sentences were commuted, and 7 inmates connected decease enactment whose sentences were commuted to beingness imprisonment.
Among those pardoned were notable individuals, including Nweke Francis Chibueze, 44, who was serving a beingness condemnation for cocaine, and Dr. Nwogu Peters, 67, who was serving a 17-year jailhouse word for fraud since being sentenced successful 2013.
Also pardoned was Hon. Farouk M. Lawan, 62, who had served a five-year condemnation for corrupt practices imposed successful 2021.
Other beneficiaries of afloat pardon see Mrs Anastasia Daniel Nwaoba, 63, who had already served a condemnation for fraud, Barr. Hussaini Alhaji Umar, 58, who was sentenced successful 2023 to wage a good of N150 cardinal successful an ICPC case, and Ayinla Saadu Alanamu, 63, who was sentenced to 7 years for bribery successful 2019 and had served the sentence.
President Tinubu besides addressed humanities wrongs by granting posthumous pardons to Sir Herbert Macaulay, 1 of Nigeria’s foremost nationalists who was banned from nationalist bureau and sentenced successful 1913 by British colonialists for alleged misappropriation of funds. Major-General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, who was 46 erstwhile helium was sentenced successful 1986 for treason related to an alleged coup plot, besides received a posthumous pardon.
The Ogoni Nine, including Ken Saro-Wiwa, Saturday Dobee, Nordu Eawa, Daniel Gbooko, Paul Levera, Felix Nuate, Baribor Bera, Barinem Kiobel, and John Kpuine, each of whom were sentenced for murder, received posthumous pardons.
The Presidency besides honoured the victims of the Ogoni Nine case: Chief Albert Badey, Chief Edward Kobaru, Chief Samuel Orage, and Chief Theophilus Orage.
A important information of those granted clemency were amerciable miners, with 40 individuals sentenced successful 2024 to 3 years for unlawful mining benefiting from the statesmanlike mercy.
The beneficiaries see Babangida Saliu, 35, Adamu Sanni, 39, Abdulkarem Salisu, 30, and Abdulaziz Lawal, 18, among others. Senator Ikra Aliyu Bilbis signed an undertaking to beryllium liable for the rehabilitation and empowerment of each convicted amerciable miners granted clemency.
The database besides included galore cause offenders who showed remorse and learned vocational skills portion incarcerated. Among them are Aluagwu Lawrence, 47, sentenced for Indian hemp successful 2015, Ben Friday, 60, who was sentenced to 3 years oregon a N1.3 cardinal good for marijuana successful 2023, and Oroke Micheal Chibueze, 21, sentenced to 5 years for cannabis sativa successful 2023.
Other cause offenders granted clemency see Kelvin Christopher Smith, 42, who was sentenced to 4 years for importing cocaine successful 2023, Azubuike Jeremiah Emeka, 31, sentenced successful 2021 to 5 years oregon a N3 cardinal good for importing cocaine, and Akinrinnade Akinwande Adebiyi, 47, sentenced successful 2023 to 3 years for dealing successful Tramadol.
The Presidency noted that Ahmed Adeyemo, 38, sentenced to 15 years for cannabis and who had already served 9 years and 5 months astatine Kirikiri, received clemency, arsenic did Adeniyi Jimoh, 31, and Seun Omirinde, 39, some sentenced to 15 years for drugs successful 2015 and who had served 9 years astatine Kirikiri.
White-collar criminals besides benefited from the statesmanlike mercy. These see Daniel Bodunwa, 43, who was sentenced successful 2018 to 10 years for fraudulent intent to forge a onshore receipt and had served six years successful jail, and Rabiu Alhassan Dawaki, 52, sentenced successful 2020 to 7 years for transgression breach of trust.
One peculiarly notable lawsuit was that of Maryam Sanda, 37, who was sentenced to decease successful 2020 for culpable homicide and had spent six years and 8 months astatine Suleja Medium Security Custodial C...
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