From Joseph Asegba, Yola
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has granted state pardon to three inmates and approved the remission of sentences for five others as part of activities marking the Christmas and New Year festivities.
The development was disclosed in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Humwashi Wonosikou.
According to the statement, the decision reflects the administration’s commitment to justice, rehabilitation and compassion, particularly during the festive season.
Those granted pardon include Sunday Jackson, a farmer who had been sentenced to death and was being held at the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre.
Others are Joseph Eugene of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Yola, and Maxwell Ibrahim, who is serving his sentence at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kaduna.
The governor also approved the full remission of the remaining jail terms of five inmates — Joshua James Audo, Adamu Ibrahim, Mohammed Abubakar, Ibrahim Usman and Saidu Abubakar — currently serving at the Medium Security Custodial Centres in Numan and Jada.
Fintiri said the decision followed recommendations by the Adamawa State Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, noting that the beneficiaries had shown significant improvement in character, discipline and conduct during their incarceration.
“Therefore, in the exercise of my prerogative of mercy as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and in line with the recommendations of the Adamawa State Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, I have granted pardon to three persons and directed the remission of the remainder of the sentences of five others,” the governor said.
