The Kano State Government pardoned 370 prisoners in the past two years, the state's Commissioner for Justice, Alhaji Maliki Kuliya, announced in Kano on Saturday.
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Kuliya, who made the announcement in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano, said the prisoners were released from various prisons after the state's Committee on Prerogative of Mercy recommended the release to government.
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He said that most of the prisoners were set free on humanitarian grounds, due to either ill health or old age.
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The commissioner said that government had spent over N12 million on the purchase and distribution of some facilities in various prisons in the state.
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He said the items, including cups, buckets, plates and other utensils, were provided to improve the living condition of the prisoners.
That's a wonderful one coming from Kano State...But let's just hope most of those prisoners have changed their ways!