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Nyako pardons 24 prisoners

October 10, 2013 by NAN Leave a Comment

   

Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has approved the release of 24 inmates from the Yola Prison as part of  the country’s 53rd independence anniversary.
This is contained in a statement by the Press Secretary to the Governor, Alhaji Ahmad Sajo, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday.
The statement read, “The release of the prisoners by the governor was  in exercise  of the power conferred on him by the 1999 Constitution as amended.”
According to the statement, the Solicitor-General and Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Justice, Mr Sulaiman Mohammed, urged those released not to indulge in acts capable of returning them to the prison.
Mohammed said, “Any of you found indulging in any bad act and found in the prison again will not have pardon as the governor may have no mercy on you again.”
It urged the people of the state, irrespective of their differences, to live in peace with one another for the development of the state and the country.