Tag: Presidential pardon

Presidential pardon: “No inmate released yet” – FG clarifies

Aminu Imam
FG clarifies on pardon

The Federal Government has clarified that no inmate has been released under the recent Presidential Prerogative of Mercy exercise, insisting that the process is still undergoing final administrative review. The clarification follows public outrage over reports that President Bola Tinubu had approved clemency for several convicts, including Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death in 2020 for killing her husband. Others listed among the 174 beneficiaries include the late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, executed Major General Mamman Vatsa, and nationalist Sir Herbert Macaulay. The list also features other inmates whose…

Read More

Saro-Wiwa’s family rejects Tinubu’s  Ogoni-9 pardon, demands retrial, exoneration

Aminu Imam
Tinubu Ogoni

The family of the Late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa has rejected President Bola Tinubu’s posthumous pardon for the “Ogoni-9”, demanding a retrial and full exoneration instead. Saro-Wiwa’s younger brother, Harry Wiwa, said the activists committed no crime and should not be “pardoned like criminals”. He insisted that the only acceptable justice is to clear their names and officially overturn the 1995 military tribunal verdict. “They committed no crime, so how do you pardon a man who didn’t commit any crime?” Wiwa asked, saying: “We want a retrial so they can…

Read More

Atiku slams Tinubu over ‘reckless’ presidential pardon

Aminu Imam
Atiku slams Tinubu2

…Says it undermines justice, encourages crime and weakens justice Former Vice-President and 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has taken a swipe at President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the recent presidential pardon granted to several convicted persons, describing the decision as reckless, morally indefensible, and a grave assault on the integrity of Nigeria’s justice system. Atiku, in a statement issued yesterday, said the exercise, which reportedly included individuals convicted of serious offences such as drug trafficking, kidnapping, murder, and corruption, has provoked nationwide outrage and…

Read More

MURIC berates CAN over denial of ‘Christian genocide’ U-turn

Aminu Imam
MURIC berates CAN

…Calls it hypocritical The Muslim Rights Concern, (MURIC), has accused the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) of hypocrisy over its recent dismissal of reports alleging a “Christian genocide” in Nigeria. In a statement issued yesterday in Kano, its State Chairman, Hassan Sani Indabawa said CAN’s new stance was “self-serving”, coming after years of silence while some Christian leaders allegedly misled foreign governments about religious persecution in the country. He mentioned Bishops Oliver Dashe Doeme, Matthew Kukah, and Wilfred Anagbe among those who reportedly made presentations to U.S. and European bodies,…

Read More

Tinubu pardons Maryam Sanda sentenced to death over husband’s murder

Aminu Imam
Tinubu pardons Maryam Sanda

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted a presidential pardon to Maryam Sanda, the woman sentenced to death for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello. Sanda, who was convicted on January 27, 2020, was among 175 convicts and former convicts granted clemency on Thursday following recommendations from the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, chaired by Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi. The 37-year-old, sentenced for culpable homicide, had spent six years and eight months at the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre. According to presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga, Sanda’s…

Read More

Tinubu grants presidential pardon to Herbert Macaulay, Vatsa, 173 others

Aminu Imam
Tinubu grants presidential pardon

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has granted the ‘presidential prerogative of mercy’ to one of Nigeria’s founding fathers, Herbert Macaulay, and 174 others across various categories. This comes after a presentation by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, who conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s recommendations based on the report of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy yesterday at the Council of State meeting held at the State House, Abuja. Although the full names of the beneficiaries are yet to be published, it was…

Read More

Presidential Pardon: Group demands for explanation over continued detention of Nyame, Dariye, others

Aminu Imam

A group, calling itself ‘Renaissance Group for Better Nigeria’, (RGBN), has sought for an explanation on the rationale for keeping the duo of the former Governor of Taraba State, Rev. Jolly Nyame and his Plateau counterpart, Sen. Joshua Dariye in detention despite presidential pardon. Recall that the two alongside others were granted a presidential pardon by the Council of State in April this year. Addressing newsmen in Jos, Plateau State, the Coordinator of the group, Jonathan Ibrahim, said the detention of both Nyame and Dariye along with others despite the…

Read More