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Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana has requested the Federal Government to retract and review the list of persons recently awarded presidential pardons by President Bola Tinubu.
Falana stated on Thursday evening that the decision was important for justice and national morality.
“Following the recommendation of the Prerogative of Mercy Committee headed by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi SAN, President Bola Tinubu recently granted pardon to 175 persons convicted for various offences.
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“It is indisputable that the President is empowered by virtue of section 175 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, to exercise the grant of pardons, reprieves, and commutations of sentences to persons convicted of any offence created by an Act of the National Assembly.
“The list of pardonees includes convicted politically exposed persons, drug addicts and barons, armed robbers, and terrorists, as well as persons convicted for contravening state offences like culpable homicide, murder, and obtaining by false pretences,” the statement read.
He advised that the Prerogative of Mercy Committee should recommend to state governors to consider those convicted of state offences in line with Section 212 of the Nigerian Constitution.
