The Cross River State governor, Bassey Otu, has granted pardon and clemency to 45 inmates who had been cooling their feet at Afokang Correctional Centre Calabar.
The clemency was in line with Section 212 (1) (a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as (Amended) and was extended to 45 convicts with minor offences.
Otu’s action, is in the spirit of the new year, giving a second chance to the convicts to turn a new leaf and be re- absorbed into the society.
The governor’s pardon was contained in the approval given to the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Ededem Ani.
The governor stressed that the initiative was to decongest the prison and allow the affected inmates to turn a new leaf.
