10 prisoners get amnesty in Oyo

Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi has granted amnesty to 10 prisoners in commemoration of the Yuletide.

A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Dr. Festus Adedayo, said that five of the prisoners, who were awaiting execution, had their sentences reviewed to life imprisonment.

Another five, who were serving jail terms, were granted total freedom by the governor.

The prisoners who had their death sentences changed to life imprisonment were Ganiyu Busari, Morufu Bolanle, Dele Akinyele, Julius Awe and Samuel Akpobi.

The names of those granted total freedom were Yusuf Nuhu, Solomon Adegboye, Gbenga Adeojo, Akpan Joseph and Sunday Ajao.

According to Adedayo, the governor’s amnesty gesture was in the exercise of the provision in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and subject to the advice of the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy.