Buhari grants amnesty to late Enahoro, Ambrose Alli and others

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President Buhari has granted presidential pardon to ex-convicts
among whom are late Professor Ambrose Alli, late Chief Anthony
Enahoro, Ex Lt. Col Moses Effiong, Major E. J Olanrewaju, and Mister
Ajay I. Olusola Babalola.
The announcement was made by Minister of Interior, Rauf
Aregbesola who confirmed that the President also
granted presidential pardon to 2,600 inmates nationwide with 70
inmates from Kuje Correctional Centre as beneficiaries.
Prof Ali was the governor of the old Bendel State in the Second
Republic (1978-1983) and a great progressive while Chief Enahoro
was a foremost nationalist who moved the motion for Nigeria’s
independence.
Aregbesola said the Presidential pardon followed recommendations
to the President by a Presidential Committee, and the imperative of
drastically reducing the number of inmates in custodian centres
across the country due to the outbreak of COVID 19.
Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami who also spoke at the press
conference described the 2020 presidential pardon as historic. He
also disclosed that the process of selecting beneficiaries started in
2018.
Members of the public were urged to receive the beneficiaries
without stigmatisation.

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