NEW YEAR: Akeredolu commutes death sentence of three prisoners to life imprisonment

…Pardons 12 others

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Segun Ajiboye in Akure revealed that the gesture was extended to prisoners “who have served substantially terms of imprisonment.

Ajiboye pointed out that the governor was exercising the “power conferred on him by Section 212(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

According to him the governor urged “the beneficiaries of the gesture to always shun acts that can likely return them to the prison.

Elozimo’s murder: Urhobo youths absolve DELSU

The governor commuted the death sentence of three condemned prisoners to life imprisonment.