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Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari
Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State on Tuesday granted pardon to 6 convicts serving jail phrases for varied felony offences within the state.
The governor granted the pardon following a report by Asma’u Mukhtar, the chairperson of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy and the state’s attorney-general.
Whereas receiving the report, Mr Masari stated, “So as to not waste time, I’ll signal this at the moment. If any individual is to be freed at the moment, it’s higher he’s free at the moment than tomorrow.”
The governor additionally directed Ms Mukhtar to liaise along with his spouse, Hadiza Masari, to free these with minor offences by her Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) or with the state chief choose, Musa Danladi-Abubakar.
Earlier, Ms Mukhtar stated part 212 of the 1999 Structure, as amended, gave the governor the powers to grant pardon or respite to convicts for offences created by the legal guidelines of Katsina State.
“We really useful six convicts for a pardon primarily based on varied issues. Considered one of them, for instance, is licensed to have developed psychological sickness. So, we really useful a pardon for him to allow his household to care for him.
“We additionally really useful a pardon for a 69-year-old, who has spent over 24 years in custody and is paralysed. There’s one other 76-year-old one; he’s sick and spent 25 years in jail.”
In response to the attorney-general, two others serving 24 years jail phrases had eight months to conclude their sentences.
“We additionally really useful discount of sentence of 11 convicts to varied phrases, some from loss of life to life, some from 30 years to 25 or 15 years,” she stated.
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