The statement said: “The attention of NCoS has been drawn to the news making the rounds that Maryam Sanda was granted presidential pardon on Thursday April 9, alongside some 70 other inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje.
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The Muslim Rights Concern has commended President Muhammadu Buhari on the presidential pardon of 2,600 inmates and appealed for the inclusion of the 54 soldiers serving 10 years jail term.
Nollywood actor, Etim Effiong, has expressed his excitement after his father, retired Lieutenant Colonel Moses Effiong, received a presidential pardon after 34 years for alleged complicity in the Mamman Vatsa coup of 1985.
The Federal Government has began implementing the 2020 Presidential Pardon and Clemency to Inmates and Ex-convicts with a view to decongesting the correctional centres across the country.
The Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy on Tuesday interviewed and screened 18 inmates in Lagos in preparation for presidential pardon.
However, we deem it necessary to further advance the cause of the 66 soldiers. We still believe very strongly that they do not deserve additional punishment for two good reasons. Firstly, these soldiers asked to be better equipped before being sent to face insurgents who were better armed. This is only reasonable as dead soldiers cannot protect Nigeria’s territorial integrity