Law & JusticeNewsNigeria@61: Governor Fintiri Set 15 Inmates Free

YOLA — Fifteen (15) inmates serving prison terms in various Correctional Facilities across Adamawa State have regain freedom.

Solomon Kumangar, Director- General Media and Communications Government House Yola in a statement said Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri granted the pardoned in commemoration of Nigeria’s 61^st Independence Anniversary.

According to the statement, the fifteen (15) inmates are serving various prison terms in Numan, Yola and New Custodial Centres.

The statement read in part: “The Governor acting on the advice of the Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy, and in exercise of the powers conferred on him under Section 212(i) (d) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended, commuted the remainder of the sentences of fifteen (15) reformed prisoners.”

“The release is to take effect after all legal formalities have been concluded with the Correctional Institutions.”

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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