MINNA: As part of gestures for the Eid-El-Kabir, Niger state government has Monday secured the freedom of eighty inmates after paying N20 million naira fines.
The Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago represented by his Deputy, Comrade Yakubu Garba who assured to protect all in the society urged them to desist from what will make them return to the correctional center.
He disclosed this at the Medium Security Custodial Centre (Old) Minna during the discharge of the inmates on Monday.
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He appealed to the inmates to make use of their freedom by engaging in useful ventures and shunning any act that could lead them back to correctional facility.
Earlier, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) , Alhaji Abubakar Usman said that Governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger state has approved the payment of twenty million naira fines for the discharge of the eighty inmates spread across various Correctional Centres in the state.
Usman explained that the payment of fine was in line with the Power of Prerogative of Mercy as guaranteed under the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
In his remarks, Controller, Corrections Niger state, Commandant Abdulkadir Salman while appreciating the Niger State government for giving a second chance to the inmates, however called on the society to avoid stigmatization of the ex- inmates.
One of the discharged inmates, Danjuma Dan Kambari on behalf of the inmates appreciated the Niger state governor, Mohammed Umar Bago for his kind gesture and assured to be better citizens.
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