Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri has granted pardon to six inmates and reduced the death sentences of two inmates to life imprisonment.
The inmates were in various correctional centres in the state.
The released inmates are; q Ali Abdul, Mohammed Goni, and Hapsatu Idi from Yola Old Correctional Centre; as well as Buba Usman from Numan Correctional Centre and Yusuf Ali and Babala Benson from Yola New Correctional Facility.
The Governor commuted the death sentences of the two convicts named Usman Inuwa and Joseph Eugene, both serving at Yola New Correctional Centre.
The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Humwashi Wonosikou in a statement said the Governor’s actions are based on the advice of the Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy and the powers conferred on him by Section 212(i) (d) of the Constitution of Nigeria 1999 as amended.
Wonosikou explained that the release of the five inmates and the commutation of the two death sentences to life imprisonment take immediate effect.
