Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri has pardoned six inmates serving various prison terms in five Correctional institutions across the State in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day.
Fintiri’s Press Secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou, who disclosed this in a statement said the Governor exercised the powers conferred on him by section 212 (i)(b) of Nigeria’s Constitution.
Wonosikou said Governor Fintiri also commuted the death sentence of another inmate to life imprisonment.
He said the seven inmates were serving their terms in Yola old, Jada, Numan, Mubi, and Jimeta Correctional facilities.
According to Wonosikou, Governor Fintiri acted in line with the recommendation of the Council on the Prerogative of Mercy as part of efforts to decongest some of the overburdened Correctional Centres.