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The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has released two former governors, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, as well as three others from custodial centres.
Spokesman for the FCT command, Mr Chukwuedo Humphrey, confirmed the release in Abuja, yesterday.
It came almost four months after the former governors were granted state pardon. At a council of state meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in April, Dariye and Nyame were among 159 inmates pardoned.
The two former governors, who were both jailed for fraud, were granted pardon on the grounds of age and ill health.
Humphrey said that the letter of their release was sent to the command by the Presidential Prerogative of Mercy Committee on Monday.
He said that the two former governors were pardoned on ill health and age grounds and were released immediately, but did not disclose the names of the three others
“We have no right to hold them further as soon as we have the letter of clemency from the presidency.
“If we do, it will be against their fundamental human rights.”
