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Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje has pardoned 12 inmates on death row who have spent 25 years and above awaiting execution.
The spokesperson of Nigeria Correctional Service (NIS), Kano State Command, Musbahu Kofar-Nassarawa, cconfirmed the news on Tuesday in Kano.
Kofar-Nassarawa said that the governor also commuted death sentences of six inmates to life imprisonment
“He gave the released inmates N5,000 each as transportation fare to enable them reunite with their families”, he said
The Chairman of the state Committee on Prerogative of Mercy, Mr Abdullahi Garba-Rano, commended Ganduje for using the power conferred on him by the constitution to release the inmates.