Adamawa Gov frees six inmates to mark Democracy Day
Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, has freed six inmates in five Correctional Centres across the State.
A statement from the Government House in Yola stated that the Governor was commemorating this year’s June 12 Democracy Day.
The statement on Sunday by the governor’s Press Secretary, Humwashi Wonosikou, said he exercised the powers conferred on him by Section 212 (i)(b) of Nigeria’s Constitution.
Wonosikou added that Governor Fintiri also commuted the death sentence of another inmate to life imprisonment.
He said the seven inmates are serving their terms in Yola old, Jada, Numan, Mubi, and Jimeta Correctional facilities.
The Governor’s Press Secretary added that Fintiri acted in line with recommendations of the Council on the Prerogative of Mercy, and that it was part of efforts to decongest some of the overburdened Correctional Centres as Nigeria marks Democracy Day.