Independence: Aiyedatiwa pardons 117 convicts …C0NTINUE READING HERE >>>
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has pardoned 117 inmates serving various jail terms across the various correctional centres in the state.
With 19 of the convicts regaining freedom, others on death row had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment, with some of the inmates also given reduced sentences.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Ebenezer Adeniyan, the gesture of Aiyedatiwa followed recommendations from the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, with a commitment to “rehabilitation and second chances within the justice…
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