A statement issued by the Ondo State, Commissioner for Information, Kayode Akinmade says governor Olusegun Mimiko has granted amnesty to eight prisoners serving different jail terms with immediate effect.
According to the statement, the amnesty is an exercise of the Governor’s power to grant prerogative of mercy to convicts as conferred by the section 212 (1) of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended.
One of the beneficiaries of the amnesty who was convicted over a capital offence got his jail term reduced to 15 years, while the others who were convicted for stealing and burglary were pardoned.
They were all granted amnesty on the ground of good conduct.