07 January 2019 :

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on 31 December 2018 commuted the death sentence of three prison inmates to life imprisonment, while he granted pardon to 12 others as part of activities to mark the New Year celebration.
This was disclosed in a statement issued and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Segun Ajiboye,  who said the governor exercised the power in the spirit of the 2019 New Year celebration.
Ajiboye also stated that 12 other inmates who have served various terms of their imprisonment also benefitted from the governor’s gestures saying the governor ordered their immediate release from the prison custody.