- The gesture is to mark the governor’s hundred days in office
- The inmates mostly on awaiting trial from Yolde Pate Correctional Centre, were freed Monday
Fourty two inmates have been granted pardon by Governor Ahmadu Fintiri in Adamawa state.
The governor also granted 27 others bail, the gesture is to mark the governor’s hundred days in office.
The inmates mostly on awaiting trial from Yolde Pate Correctional Centre, were freed Monday.
They were released based on recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy to decongest correctional centers across the state.
State Chief Judge, Justice Hapsat Abdulrahaman, who led Jail Delivery Committee, also convicted 2 inmates out of 203 attended to by the committee.
Amongst those convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment each were two suspects who confessed to the alleged offences of which they were remanded for.
Yolde Pate New Medium Security Custodial Center is currently housing 865 inmates