Lagos State Gov. Ambode Joins List Of Govs Releasing Inmates

The inmates have spent between THIRTY-FOUR and TWENTY years in prison and were released having satisfied basic conditions such as remorse, good behaviour and readiness to contribute meaningfully to the society. 

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday released TWELVE inmates of the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Apapa in furtherance of the law establishing the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy.

Speaking while handing over the release order from the Governor to the Lagos Prisons Command, Chairman of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo said the release of the inmates was in line with the commitment of the present administration in the State to the ideals of the justice sector reforms through prison decongestion.

  

Oyewo, who represented Governor Ambode at the event alongside other members of the Council, said the exercise was pursuant to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) which empowered the Governor to exercise prerogative of mercy, and also to offer hope to such inmates who have demonstrated capacity to be re-absolved into the society.

From Lagosstate.gov