The Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has commuted the death sentences of two inmates to life imprisonment and pardoned five others.
The two inmates who had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment are: Usman Inuwa and Joseph Eugene; they are both serving their terms at the Yola New Correctional Centre, jimeta.
In a statement issued yesterday in Yola and signed by the Chief Press Secretary, Humawashi Wonosikou, it stated that the other pardoned inmates are: Ali Abdul, Mohammed Goni, and Hapsatu Idi from the Yola Old Correctional Centre.
Others are Buba Usman Mai from Numan Correctional Centre, Yusuf Ali and Babala Benson from the Yola New Correctional Facility.
“As part of the 2024 Democracy Day celebrations, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has granted pardon to five inmates, including a female, from the various correctional centers in the state.
“Governor Fintiri’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 the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended,” the statement added.
Continuing, the statement further noted that the release of the five inmates and the commutation of the two death sentences to life imprisonment takes immediate effect, pointing out that all legal formalities have been concluded with the correctional institutions.