Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has granted pardons to six inmates serving at the Nigerian Correctional facility in Makurdi the state capital. The clemency is granted from the recommendation by the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy headed by the Hon. Atorney-General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Benue State, Fidelis Bemsen Mnyim, Esq.
, ACArb. Among the six freed inmates is Mr. Umar Dansabe, who was on death row and had spent over 14 years in the correctional facility.
Mr Danasabe was sentenced to death by hanging by the State High Court over an armed robbery operation where he snatched a hand phone from a woman at Gyado villa in makurdi and sold it at sixteen thousand naira. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Public Order, Fidelis Mnyim, said section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended) empowered the Governor through the Advisory Council on Prerogative of mercy to pardon some inmates who have shown genuine change and remorse by exhibiting good character worthy to cohabit with other members of the society to be reintegrated. Related News 2027: PDP will return to power in Benue, boasts ex-gov Ortom Benue youths shun #October1protest, opt for carnival Benue gov promises free, fair LG poll Granting the pardon, the governor, who was represented by the Commissioner for Justice, explained that the action was based purely on the recommendation and testimonies of people who cut across the clergy an.