The National Council of State Meeting presided by President Goodluck Jonathan may have approved a presidential pardon for ex-convicts in the country if the information reaching me is anything to go by.
At the end of the National Council of State meeting which was attended by some governors, the Senate President, David Mark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal and former Chief Justices of Nigeria, State House Correspondents were not briefed on the outcome of the meeting, but sources who were present at the meeting confirmed that former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Dipreye Alamieyeisegha was granted pardon among some other names that were presented to the council.
So far there has been a public outcry over the presidential pardon as some asserted that the pardon was an invitation for people to engage in corruption. Others who were said to have been granted pardon at the meeting included Gen. Oladipo Diya, who was the Chief of General Staff during the regime of late Sani Abacha; former Managing Director of the Bank of the North, Mr Shettima Bulama, who was convicted of fraud; former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, late Gen. Musa Yar'Adua.
The National Council of State Meeting presided by President Goodluck Jonathan may have approved a presidential pardon for ex-convicts in the country if the information reaching me is anything to go by.
At the end of the National Council of State meeting which was attended by some governors, the Senate President, David Mark, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal and former Chief Justices of Nigeria, State House Correspondents were not briefed on the outcome of the meeting, but sources who were present at the meeting confirmed that former Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Dipreye Alamieyeisegha was granted pardon among some other names that were presented to the council.
So far there has been a public outcry over the presidential pardon as some asserted that the pardon was an invitation for people to engage in corruption. Others who were said to have been granted pardon at the meeting included Gen. Oladipo Diya, who was the Chief of General Staff during the regime of late Sani Abacha; former Managing Director of the Bank of the North, Mr Shettima Bulama, who was convicted of fraud; former Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, late Gen. Musa Yar'Adua.
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