Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has granted executive pardon to 101 prison inmates in the state.
The release of the inmates followed the Federal government’s directive on the de-congestion of prisons as part of the strategies to curb the transmission of the deadly coronavirus pandemic in the country. He said the state government has given the freed inmates a second chance, hence they should reciprocate the gesture by contributing their quotas to the society.Among the beneficiaries according to the comptroller were those who had served 75 percent of their jail terms, those with health challenges and aged inmates.
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