Ondo state Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN has pardoned 11 inmates at the Correctional centres (formerly Nigerian Prisons) in the state.
The governor granted amnesty to the inmates to mark the 2021 new year.
The order by the Governor was in accordance with the power conferred on him by the nation’s 1999 Constitution, as amended.
The inmates were released based on the recommendations of State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, chaired by the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice of Ondo state, Mr Charles Titiloye.
Part of the recommendations was that the inmates were released because of their good conduct.
Governor Akeredolu also commuted the death sentences passed on 4 other inmates ilfe to imprisonment.
