Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has pardoned 16
inmates serving various jail terms across the Correctional Centres in the
State.
Akeredolu directed the Comptroller of Federal Correctional
services in the State, over the weekend, to release the inmates from its
custodial facilities.
The move by the governor was made to mark this year’s
Independence Day celebration.
According to the Attorney General and Commissioner for
Justice in the State, Charles Titiloye, who is also the Chairman of the State
Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, the release of the inmates was in accordance
with the power conferred on the Governor by paragraphs (a) (c) and (d) of
Subsection (1) of Section 212, of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria, 1999, (as amended).
Titiloye said the inmates, who were serving various terms of
imprisonment at the correctional centers, received the grace and mercy of the
Governor following the reports on their good conduct and behaviour in the
Correctional Centres.
He added that they were recommended for release by the
State’s Advisory Council on the Prerogative of mercy.
The Governor urged the released inmates to be of good
conduct and see their release as another opportunity to live a better life
devoid of crime.
He called on the citizens of the State not to discriminate
against them but to integrate them into their various communities.
The Governor also commuted and reduced the sentences of
seventeen (17) other inmates serving various terms of imprisonment in custodial
centers in the State.
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