Aregbesola grants amnesty to 4 death-row inmates
*Governor Rauf Aregbesola
(Nigeria) Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on
Wednesday granted amnesty to four death-row prison inmates in three South West
prisons.
Director of Public Prosecutions and Secretary to the State
Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Mr Pomade Adeniji, announced the
amnesty in a statement in Osogbo.
The statement said the governor’s gesture was in
commemoration of the New Year celebrations.
“Pursuant to the advice and recommendations of the State
Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Gov. Rauf Aregbesola, in exercise of
his powers, has granted amnesty to the prison inmates,’’ the statement said.
It said the inmates were serving their jail terms at federal
prisons in Ilesha, Ibara and Abeokuta as well as the Maximum Security Prison,
Kirikiri in Lagos.
It also listed the inmates as Kolawole Adediji and Madelon
Adediji, both on the death row and now set free.
The statement also said that Ekanade Muyiwa and Adewole
Olusoji, who were also on the death row, had their sentences commuted from
death to 20 years of imprisonment each.
“This is in commemoration of the New Year 2017
celebrations,” the statement read.
The governor did a similar gesture last September by
pardoning six inmates.
The governor was then reported to have granted the amnesty
in commemoration of the country’s 56th Independence anniversary.
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