Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu pardoned seven prisoners serving different terms to mark the New Year.
Attorney General and Justice Commissioner Charles Titiloye said in a statement in Akure, the state capital, that the governor had also reduced the terms of 11 other inmates.
Titiloye said that “The Governor in the exercise of the power vested in him by paragraphs (a) (c) and (d) of subsection (1) of Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) ordered the Controller of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Ondo to release and release the seven inmates at the Correctional Center premises in Ondo State.
“The Governor’s decision was consistent with the recommendation of the State Advisory Board on the Prerogative of Mercy that inmates have been reformed at the correctional facility and are of good character.
“The governor also reduced the prison terms of eleven prisoners.
Seven prisoners sentenced to death by hanging were sentenced to life imprisonment, while the sentences of the remaining four prisoners were reduced.
“The Governor urged released prisoners to see their release as another opportunity to live a good life without crime.
Therefore, Akeredolu urges good citizens of Ondo State to avoid any discriminatory actions against released prisoners and to integrate them back into their communities.
