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96 Prisoners Pardoned By Bauchi State Government
Bala Mohammed, the governor of Bauchi State, has granted amnesty to 96 prisoners jailed in different state-run penal facilities.
According to reports, the amnesty given by the Nigerian Constitution entails paying fines and transportation allowances exceeding N20 million.
In order to prevent the commission of capital offenses, the governor stated that only prisoners serving short sentences and those unable to pay fines were chosen for the amnesty program. He further stated that he would not award amnesty to anyone serving lengthy sentences for such offenses.
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Mohammed went on to say that each of the released prisoners would get N100,000 to establish a new company so they could support themselves and grow up to be decent people.
He urged them to stop viewing themselves as inmates and to instead feel liberated to reintegrate into society and behave properly moving forward.
Earlier, Hassan U. EI-Yakub, SAN, the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, in addition to serving as the Chairman of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, revealed that the Council had received 106 applications from prisoners pleading with the Executive Governor for mercy, pardon, or clemency.
He said that 96 worthy prisoners had been chosen and recommended for approval following careful examination and deliberation. He also said that the governor had promptly approved the council’s recommendations, exhibiting his kindness and compassion.
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Here is a breakdown of the prisoners by location: Ten prisoners are housed at Azare Correctional Center, ten are housed at Bauchi Correctional Center, six are housed at Bogoro Correctional Center, eight are housed at Ningi Correctional Center, and eight are housed at Burra Correctional Center.
The remaining prisoners come from nine different correctional facilities: nine from Tafawa Balewa Correctional Center, nine from Misau Correctional Center, seven from Darazo Correctional Center, three from Jama’are Correctional Center, five from Toro Correctional Center, two from Shira Correctional Center, and seven from Zaki Correctional Center.
The country’s bank compliance officers have received a call from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) asking them to stop disclosing to their clients about the EFCC’s investigative operations.
This statement was made by the commission’s executive chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in a meeting with bank compliance officers in the capital of Oyo State, Ibadan.
Olukoyede stated that the commission is aware that certain compliance officers are providing information to customers. He made this statement through ACE I Hauwa Garba Ringim, Acting Zonal Director of the EFCC’s Ibadan Zonal Command.
He bemoaned the unhealthy backing that Nigerian banks give scammers.
The head of the commission emphasized that the commission is facing many difficulties and worries as a result of this act.
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He claims that the EFCC is aware that compliance officers inform their clients about “letters of investigation activities” that the EFCC has sent to banks.
He maintained that these kinds of actions typically compromise financial crime investigations and postpone the filing of court proceedings pertaining to corruption.
He bemoaned the unhealthy backing that Nigerian banks give to fraudsters, emphasizing that the Commission is facing significant difficulties and worries as a result.
In order to speed the investigation process and bring the case to a logical conclusion, the head of the EFCC further advised the agency to always reply to letters received from the Commission with certified true copies, including instruments of transactions of beneficiaries or sources.
Speaking further, Olukoyede insisted that illicit transactions and naira-denominated trading with Point-of-sale (POS) operators had to end.
“What we notice and see around lately is that Nigerians can only withdraw a small amount of their money with the banks in Automated Teller Machine (ATMs) but POS operators evidently go around with huge amounts of money gotten from the banks.
“This is not fair to Nigerians and we must fight it head-on.”
The National Assembly and the Federal Government have been asked to immediately control in the abuses of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kaduna by the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Kaduna State branch.
Speaking to reporters in Kaduna on Friday, Pharm. Sunday Ali Okoh, the Chairman of PSN Kaduna State branch, bemoaned the abuses of the NDLEA and urged the National Assembly and the presidency to step in.
In Okoh’s opinion, the Agency occasionally impeded and hindered their roles in an unnecessarily illegal and unprofessional manner.
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He clarified that while the group understood the agency’s responsibilities to apprehend and prosecute drug dealers, they did not intend to obstruct pharmacists from performing their legally mandated duties.
In his words, “All over the planet earth, the rights to medications (life) are fundamental.”
It is worthy of note that pharmacists are licensed to import, export, mix, compound, prepare, dispense, counsel, sell, procure and distribute drugs, (PCN Act 2022,).”
“Time without number, the NDLEA has unduly, illegally and unprofessionally obstructed and hindered these life saving roles only to feather their nests, exploit Nigerians, collect bribes and force their victims to give assent that bail is free after collecting millions of Naira,” he claimed. He claimed that agents of the law have turned into lawbreakers.
He explained, “Pharmacists are legal entities and many patients’ medication are stored with them; sealing up pharmacists is as good as denying the citizens their right to life.”
On Friday morning, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle landed in Nigeria to begin their 72-hour visit.
The couple took a British Airways aircraft and arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.
The Daily Mail claims that the flight, which arrived at around five in the morning, was delayed due to a sick pilot.
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Yesterday, the Duchess of Sussex took a plane to Heathrow to meet her husband at the airport’s private Windsor Suite.
Harry and Meghan are traveling to Nigeria together for the first time.
Other passengers were pulled over as they were led into a waiting van that had been completely darkened.
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