{"id":79150,"date":"2023-01-02T13:46:43","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T12:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts"},"modified":"2023-01-02T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T13:56:25","slug":"akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts","title":{"rendered":"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has granted State pardons to seven convicts awaiting execution at various correctional facilities within the State.<\/p>\n

The governor commuted the convictions of the seven prisoners who were awaiting execution from death sentences to life in prison.<\/p>\n

Also, four inmates serving varying jail terms had their sentences reduced, while seven others were released when it was determined that they had behaved well while in incarceration<\/p>\n

The fortunate prisoners were exhorted by Akeredolu to take advantage of the chance to turn a new leaf and to refrain from any action that would send them back to the institutions.<\/p>\n

Charles Titiloye, the State\u2019s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, disclosed in a statement that Akeredolu\u2019s act was done in the spirit of the Yuletide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Governor in exercise of power conferred on him by paragraphs (a) (c) and (d) of sub-section (1) of Section 212 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended) directed the Controller of Nigerian Correctional Service in Ondo to release and set free, the said seven (7) inmates in the facilities of the Correctional Center in Ondo State.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe decision of the Governor was pursuant to the recommendation of the State Advisory Council on prerogative of Mercy that the inmates have undergone reformation at the Correctional center and they are of good conduct,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The governor warned them to behave well and live law-abiding lives.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has granted State pardons to seven convicts awaiting execution at various correctional facilities within the State. The governor commuted the convictions of the seven prisoners who were awaiting execution from death sentences to life in prison. Also, four inmates serving varying jail terms had their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":79149,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1570,2140,1479,254],"class_list":["post-79150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-akeredolu","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nAkeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has granted State pardons to seven convicts awaiting execution at vari ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has granted State pardons to seven convicts awaiting execution at vari ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-02T12:46:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-01-02T13:56:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"921\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-02T12:46:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-02T13:56:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts\"},\"wordCount\":256,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"Akeredolu\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts\",\"name\":\"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-02T12:46:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-02T13:56:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has granted State pardons to seven convicts awaiting execution at vari ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":921,\"caption\":\"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts - Nigeria","description":"Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has granted State pardons to seven convicts awaiting execution at vari ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts","og_description":"Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has granted State pardons to seven convicts awaiting execution at vari ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2023-01-02T12:46:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-01-02T13:56:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":921,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts","datePublished":"2023-01-02T12:46:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-02T13:56:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts"},"wordCount":256,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Nigeria","Akeredolu","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts","name":"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-02T12:46:43+00:00","dateModified":"2023-01-02T13:56:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State has granted State pardons to seven convicts awaiting execution at vari ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2023\/01\/postQueueImg_1672654608.14.jpg","width":1200,"height":921,"caption":"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/akeredolu-pardons-seven-death-row-inmates-11-other-convicts#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Akeredolu pardons seven death row inmates, 11 other convicts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79149"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}