The announcement was made
by Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola who confirmed that the President also
granted presidential pardon to 2,600 inmates nationwide with 70 inmates from
Kuje Correctional Centre as beneficiaries.
President Buhari has
granted presidential pardon to ex-convicts among whom are late Professor
Ambrose Alli, late Chief Anthony Enahoro, Ex Lt. Col Moses Effiong, Major E. J
Olanrewaju, and Mister Ajay I. Olusola Babalola.
Prof Ali was the governor of the old Bendel
State in the Second Republic (1978-1983) and a great progressive while Chief
Enahoro was a foremost nationalist who moved the motion for Nigeria’s
independence.
Aregbesola said the
Presidential pardon followed recommendations to the President by a Presidential
Committee, and the imperative of drastically reducing the number of inmates in
custodian centres across the country due to the outbreak of COVID 19.
Minister of Justice,
Abubakar Malami who also spoke at the press conference described the 2020
presidential pardon as historic. He also disclosed that the process of
selecting beneficiaries started in 2018.
Members of the public were urged to receive
the beneficiaries without stigmatisation.
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