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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>President Muhammadu Buhari says his anti-corruption war is on course despite the pardon granted to two former State chief executives.<\/p>\n

Former Governors of Plateau (Joshua Dariye) and Taraba (Jolly Nyame) were recently given a clean bill years after conviction for graft.<\/p>\n

Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu clarified the recent note presented to the Council of State after the Presidential Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy (PACPM) report.<\/p>\n

His statement Wednesday night said it was a culmination of a process begun by the convicts and others concerned in line with the constitution.<\/p>\n

Shehu maintained that Section 175 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) empowers the President to exercise his constitutional powers to grant a pardon.<\/p>\n

He recalled that the Federal Government constituted the PACPM on August 28, 2018, to assist the President in the discharge of his responsibility of granting pardon\/clemency.<\/p>\n

The committee filed its first report in March 2020 and reconvened in September 2021 to attend to pending applications.<\/p>\n

The cases, Shehu noted, followed the established process of applying for pardon or clemency, first to the Correctional Service, which must certify claims made.<\/p>\n

Dariye, Nyame, John Joshua Uloh, Umar Bamalli, Sa\u2019adu Ayinla Alanamu, Charles Ihenatu, Akinwumi Ajayi and scores of others made the approved list of 159.<\/p>\n

Shehu said the PACPM, led by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, followed up the recommendations with a visit to selected persons in different States.<\/p>\n

The visit appraised and identified \u201cpotential cases of convicts and ex-convicts before nominating them for presidential pardon\/clemency and reduced sentences\u201d.<\/p>\n

The presidency explained that during the exercise, 412 inmates were interviewed and 162 were presented to the Council of State by the President.<\/p>\n

Shehu said while it is natural that the cases of the ex-governors would generate criticisms, \u201cthe President would have come across as insensitive were he to have ignored compelling cases recommended for pardon because someone is a former Governor\u201d.<\/p>\n

Buhari assured that nothing was done to achieve a political end or send a revisionist message on \u201cthe relentless war against corruption\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari says his anti-corruption war is on course despite the pardon granted to two former State chief executives. Former Governors of Plateau (Joshua Dariye) and Taraba (Jolly Nyame) were recently given a clean bill years after conviction for graft. 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