16 Inmates Regains Freedom As 3 Gets Life Imprisonment In Ondo

Following the executive pardon from the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, sixteen inmates have regained their freedom while three others were given life imprisonment.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Olusegun Ajiboye, disclosed this development to newsmen on Monday in the state capital Akure.

Ajiboye stressed that Akeredolu exercised the powers conferred on him in paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) Section 212 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

He said “Governor Akeredolu, in a letter addressed to the Controller of Nigerian Correctional Service, State Headquarters, Federal Secretariat Complex, Akure, orders that 16 of the inmates be discharged out of the custodian centre accordingly and forthwith.”

“Following a recommendation made to the governor by the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Governor Akeredolu consequently exercises the power in relation to the said inmates to mark the 2020 New Year Celebrations.

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“The 16 inmates were also confirmed to have been of good conduct before they were ordered to be released by the Governor.

“In the same vein, the Governor also exercises the power conferred on him by paragraphs (a)(c) and (d) of Sub-section (1) of Section 212 of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) extends Grace and Mercy to three condemned inmates.

“The governor commutes the life imprisonment of the three condemned inmates who have been awaiting execution, to numbers of years,” he further said.