Nigeria grants amnesty to 2,600 prisoners

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The Nigeria Government on Thursday granted amnesty to no fewer than 2,600 inmates as part of measures to decongest prison facilities in the country amid the coronavirus pandemic. Amnesty COVID19 Prison Nigeria

Nigeria’s interior minister Rauf Aregbesola at a press conference at the headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Abuja disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the decongestion.

“This amnesty will not apply to inmates sentenced for violent extreme offences such as terrorism, kidnapping, armed banditry, rape, human trafficking, culpable homicide and so on.” Aregbesola disclosed that the affected inmates include those that are 60years and above, those suffering from ill-health likely to terminate in death, convicts serving three years and above and have less than six months to serve, inmates with mental issues and inmates with an option of fine not exceeding N50,000.

 

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