Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has granted pardons to six inmates serving at the Nigerian Correctional facility in Makurdi the state capital.
The clemency is granted from the recommendation by the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy headed by the Hon. Atorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Benue State, Fidelis Bemsen Mnyim, Esq., ACArb.
Among the six freed inmates is Mr. Umar Dansabe, who was on death row and…
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