Why we’ve not released any inmate pardoned by Tinubu – AGF

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA– The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, connected Thursday, gave reasons wherefore nary of the inmates that were precocious pardoned by President Bola Tinubu, person been released from situation custody.

According to the AGF, though the statesmanlike prerogative of mercy was approved by the Council of State, the workout remained inconclusive and inactive nether review.

In a connection helium personally signed and made disposable to newsmen, the Justice Minister said helium appreciated “the public’s vigilance and constructive feedback.”

He assured that the nationalist would beryllium duly informed, arsenic soon arsenic each ineligible and procedural checks are concluded.

He said: “The Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice wishes to clarify that nary inmate approved for clemency nether the caller workout of the President’s powerfulness of prerogative of mercy has been released from custody.

“The process remains astatine the last administrative stage, which includes a modular reappraisal to guarantee that each names and recommendations afloat comply with established ineligible and procedural requirements earlier immoderate instrumentality of merchandise is issued.

“It is important to enactment that the past signifier of the exercise, aft support by the Council of State, is the issuance of the instrumentality for the implementation of the determination concerning each beneficiary.

“This signifier affords an accidental for a last look astatine the database for remedial purposes, if any, earlier the instrumentality is forwarded to the Controller-General of Corrections for indispensable action.

“This verification process is portion of the modular protocol and reflects the government’s committedness to transparency and owed diligence.

“The Honourable Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice appreciates the public’s vigilance and constructive feedback, which proceed to fortify organization integrity.

“Public engagement is ever welcome, arsenic it demonstrates that Nigerians attraction profoundly astir justness and bully governance.

“There is nary hold successful the process; it is simply pursuing the instrumentality to the missive to guarantee that lone those duly qualified payment from the President’s mercy.

“As soon arsenic each ineligible and procedural checks are concluded, the nationalist volition beryllium duly informed. The regularisation of instrumentality does not rush; it ensures fairness.”

It volition beryllium recalled that 175 convicts and ex-convicts, were precocious granted clemency by President Tinubu.

Among the beneficiaries included those that were convicted of superior crimes that included cause trafficking, terrorism, and murder.

The improvement elicited varied reactions, with galore insisisting that immoderate of the radical that made the database did not merit statesmanlike pardon.

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