By Funmi Ojo
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has exercised prerogative of mercy towards 53 convicts serving various convictions within the Nigerian Correctional Service.
This is in line with the recommendations of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy.
In a statement by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Mallam Rasheed Olawale, the letter of commutation for prerogative of mercy has been received and acknowledged by the relevant prison authorities.
The Governor explained that this followed the recommendation by the state advisory council on the prerogative of mercy to exercise his power in relation to the said inmates in order to mark the 2024 Christmas celebration.
The Governor said thirty inmates convicted of simple offences, according to recommendation were forgiven the remainder of the said sentences in whole, while, twelve inmates convicted of simple offences were granted outright pardon.
Also, four convicts have their sentences commuted from death to outright pardon and one convict has his sentence commuted from death to fifteen years imprisonment.
Six convicts have their sentences commuted from death to outright release.
“Now know ye therefore that, I Senator Ademola Jackson Adeleke, the Governor of Osun State of Nigeria, in exercise of the power conferred on me by paragraph (a), (c) and (d) of subsection (i) of section 212 of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended), I am pleased to extend my grace and mercy unto the said inmates.”My will and pleasure thereof, is that you commute the death, life and years of imprisonment as indicated herewith in the schedule”
CONVICTS RECOMMENDED FOR OUTRIGHT PARDON (SIMPLE OFFENCES)
1. OLABOMIJI NURUDEEN 2. MUSTAPHA ISAH 3. OLALEKAN ABDULLAHI 4. AYOMIDE OLOJEDE 5. AKEEM RAPHAEL 6. ADEYEMI ABIODUN 7. OLADIPUPO SEGUN 8. OMISAKIN SUNDAY 9. ADEMOLA ADIO 10. TUNDE OLAPADE 11. LATE CHIEF WOLE OLA RUFUS OJO 12. OMOLOYE OLAJIDE OLAYEMI
CONVICTS RECOMMENDED FOR OUTRIGHT RELEASE (SIMPLE OFFENCES)1. OLUBO SUNDAY 2. ISAH UMAR BIODUN 3. FAWAS KAREEM 4. OMIRIN TEMITAYO 5. OLARENWAJU AYOMIDE 6. DARE SUNDAY 7. OLADAPO TUNDE 8. GANIYU SAHEED 9. ADEWUMI SODIQ 10. ADEBAYO ADEOYE KEHINDE 11. LASIS KAZEEM 12. DAUDA OJO (59 YEARS) 13. ISMAILA RAJI 14. OSENI MICHEAL 15. AJAYI KOREDE 16. ABIONA NURUDEEN 17. OSHI SAMUEL 18. SHEU YUSUF OLATUNJI 19. OJO AANU 20. MUSTAPHA KEHINDE 21. LASIS ABEEB 22. ALEXANDRA IORLAHA 23. OJO TAIWO 24. AZEEZ MUJEEB 25. AKINYEMI DAVID 26. ADEOSUN ADEKUNLE 27. OLAOBAJU SAMUEL 28. ADURA ADEFEMI 29. PAUL BASIL 30. KUNLE DAVID
CONVICTS RECOMMENDED FOR OUTRIGHT PARDON FOR GOOD CONDUCT (CAPITAL OFFENCES) – 4 (FOUR) 1. SUNDAY MORAKINYO 2. SEGUN OLOWOOKERE 3. TUNDE OLAPADE 4. DEMOLA ODEYEMI
CONVICTS RECOMMENDED FOR OUTRIGHT RELEASE ON HEALTH GROUND, (CAPITAL OFFENCES) -1 OLUWAFEMI FAGBEMI 2. BEWAJI SUNDAY 3. AMEHIN GEORGE 4. AYOMIDE ARULOGUN 5. TAIWO OLUWATOBI STEPHEN 6. ABUBAKAR ABDULAZEEZ
CONVICTS RECOMMENDED TO BE COMMUTED FROM DEATH TO 15 YEARS IMPRISONMENT HAVING SPENT AT LEAST 10 YEARS IN CUSTODY 1. OJEKUNLE TIMOTHY
