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Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has pardoned 12 inmates on death row who have spent 25 years and above awaiting execution.
The spokesperson of Nigeria Correctional Service (NIS), Kano State Command, Musbahu Kofar-Nassarawa, confirmed the news on Tuesday in Kano.
Kofar-Nassarawa said that 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 behavior and industriousness as recommended by the correctional authority.
“He gave the released inmates N5,000 each as transportation fare to enable them reunite with their families”, he said.
The Chairman of the State Committee on Prerogative of Mercy, Mr. Abdullahi Garba-Rano, commended Ganduje for using the power conferred on him by the constitution to release the inmates.
Kano Governor, Ganduje pardons 12 inmates on execution list
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