Bauchi governor pardons 170 prison inmates

The Bauchi State governor, Mohammed Abubakar has pardoned 170 prison inmates serving various prison terms in the state on the preroga­tive of mercy.

This was disclosed yesterday by the State Commissioner of Justice, Ibrahim Umar while giv­ing a scorecard of the ministry of justice in Bauchi.

He said the advisory council on prerogative of mercy com­mittee during the period under review visited all the prison for­mations across the state, where they scrutinised and physically verified the inmates and selected deserving candidates for scrutiny and recommendation to the gov­ernor.

“The council recommended a total of 170 inmates and the gov­ernor graciously approved the pardoning of the inmates. The pardoned inmates are now en­joying their freedom with their families, friends and loved ones,” he said.

He disclosed that the ministry in its bid to support the Internal­ly Generated Revenue of the state has successfully channeled to the treasury the sum of N59,497,000 million from vetting of agree­ment and sundries from January 2016 to May 19, 2017.-The Authority