7,000 inmates pardoned amid move to decongest prisons

Punchng | 12-01-2025 02:40pm |

No fewer than 7,228 inmates were pardoned by federal and state governments, chief justices and nongovernmental organisations between January 2022 and December 2024, as part of efforts to decongest the nation’s overcrowded correctional centres. The figures were obtained from media reports and compiled by our correspondent on Saturday. According to recent data from the Nigerian Read More

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