Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state has pardoned nine prisoners serving various jail terms at the Enugu, Aba, Umuahia and Kirikiri prisons.
Chief Umeh Kalu, Chairman, State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, announced this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Umuahia on Monday.
Kalu, who is the State Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General, said that the gesture was in the spirit of the Christmas and New Year celebrations.
He said that the inmates were convicted for various offences including murder, stealing, Advanced Free Fraud and assault.
According to him, the governor also ordered the release of a female murder convict, while two inmates had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.
Kalu stated that the governor’s action was predicated on the advice of the advisory…
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