The Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi on Thursday granted pardon to twenty-five (25) inmates in Enugu, Nsukka and Oji River Correctional Centres.
The pardon was sequel to the recommendation of the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, and in exercise of the powers conferred on the Governor by “Section 212 (I) (a-d) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.
In a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Simon Uchenna Ortuanya, nineteen (19) affected inmates were from Enugu Correctional Centre, five (5) from Nsukka and one (1) from Oji-River.
The names of the inmates that received pardon are as follows: Egwu Chukwuebuka, Anthony Ejiogu, Chibuzo Ugwu, Ikechukwu Elom, Ejike Anigbo, Ozioma Onuegbu, Chukwu Francis, Ifebuche Nwafor, Nnaji Uchenna, Sunday Michael, Kingsley Onyebuchi, Ikechukwu Ogbu, Chinonso Obinna, Godwin Nwafor, Onuh Emmanuel, Oluchukwu Nwobodo, Ebuka Ozoemena, Nwaokoro Ikechukwu and Bitrus Destiny, for Enugu Correctional Centre.
Others are Ejike Solomon Eke, Odo Sunday, Ede Ekene, Itodo Chiegonu and Ifeanyi Azegbe, for Nsukka Correctional Centre, and Obi Simon, for Oji River Correctional Centre.
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