Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki

NIGERIA: OBASEKI RELEASES ONE, TRANSMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF FOUR PRISONERS

January 7, 2020:

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has approved the conversion of the death sentence of four prisoners to life imprisonment, The Nation reported on 2nd January 2020.
The governor also okayed the release of one person from the Correctional Center.
The governor gave the approval in exercise of the powers conferred on him under section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, as amended, on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy.
The four Prisoners whose sentences were transmuted from death row to life imprisonment are Ayo Olofin, Abiodun Uwagboe, Sanni Ladan and Joel Ighalo.
The released inmate is one Emejor Amos.