PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY 2020; BUHARI PARDONS AMBROSE ALI, ANOTHONY ENAHORO AND OTHERS

PRESIDENT BUHARI

President Muhammadu Buhari has granted amnesty to five ex-convicts among whom are late Professor Ambrose Ali, late Chief Anthony Enahoro, Ex Lt. Col Moses Effiong, Major E. J Olanrewaju, and Mister Ajay I. Olusola Babalola.

The President also granted a presidential pardon to 2,600 inmates nationwide with 70 inmates from Kuje Correctional Centre as beneficiaries.

Speaking at a news conference in Abuja, Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, explains that after the release of the first phase of inmates, the committee on Presidential amnesty will continue to meet regularly to consider those who deserve the benefit.

Also speaking at the occasion, the Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says the United Nations had called the nations of the world to reduce the number of inmates in custodial centres in view of social distancing attitude.

While describing the flag off of the 2020 presidential pardon as historic, Mister Malami said the process of selecting beneficiaries started in 2018.

He also urged the community to open their hands and receive the beneficiaries without stigmatisation.

He lamented that 70 percent of inmates in Nigeria’s correctional centers are awaiting trial.


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