Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje pardoned forty-three (43) inmates serving various jail terms across the state on 21st April 2023, to commemorate Eid-el-Fitr festivals, hence making the total number of pardoned inmates in the last eight years four thousand (4,000). Represented by his Deputy, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, Ganduje said his administration has acquitted four thousand and thirteen inmates and settled fines and compensations for the inmates to the tune of four million, nine hundred and forty-nine thousand nairas, (N4,949,000). Governor Ganduje tasked the pardoned prisoners to exhibit good character after being re-integrated into society.
The Chairman of the Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Mallam Abdullahi Garba, thanked the Governor for exercising the power conferred on him by the constitution to free the inmates. He also thanked the Correctional Service management and the council for recommending the inmates for that gesture.
Mr. Suleiman Inuwa, the Controller of the correctional service in the State, in a remark, explained that the gesture would assist in decongesting the facilities, noting that it would also ensure a peaceful atmosphere in the yard. Inuwa urged the beneficiaries to be good ambassadors of the Nigerian Correctional Service by being law-abiding.
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