New Year Day: El-Rufai pardons 12 prisoners

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered the release of 12 convicts to mark the 2021 celebration of New Year.

This was disclosed in a statement issued on Friday by El-Rufai’s Special Adviser on Media and Communication, Mr Muyiwa Adekeye.

Adekeye said two convicts among the pardoned “were released on the grounds of age.”

He also said that the other ten pardoned convicts were serving sentences of three years and above, with six months or less to serve