Aregbesola pardons two death-row inmates

Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, on Wednesday granted amnesty to four death-row prison inmates in four South West prisons.
The Director of Public Prosecutions in the state, Mr. Pomade Adeniji, announced the amnesty in a statement in Osogbo.
The statement said the governor’s gesture was in commemoration of the New Year celebrations.

“Pursuant to the advice and recommendations of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, in exercise of his powers, has granted amnesty to the prison inmates,’’ the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) quoted the DPP as saying in the statement.
It said the inmates were serving their jail terms at federal prisons in Ilesha, Ibara and Abeokuta as well as the Maximum Security Prison, Kirikiri, in Lagos.
It also listed the inmates as Kolawole Adediji and Madelon Adediji, both on the death row and now set free.
The statement also said Ekanade Muyiwa and Adewole Olusoji, who were also on the death row, had their sentences commuted from death to 20 years of imprisonment each.
“This is in commemoration of the New Year 2017 celebrations,” the statement said.