Jonathan’s State Pardon: The Lucky, The Not So Lucky

[Shola Sholaz]

WHEN it was said, recently, that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan's pardon was aimed mainly at favouring only his former boss, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, little did many know about it.
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The public opposition was premised on the sniffed intention of the president, who laboured hard to save a former governor from the hooks hung around the neck of his ability to hold public office by the tag of 'ex-convict'. That was major reason for the huge cry, which attended the announcement of pardon for the former Bayelsa governor.
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Others affected by the pardon were former number-two citizen Lt. General Oladipo Diya; former Minister of Communications and General Officer Commanding, GOC, Three Division of the Nigerian Army, Major-General Tajudeen Olanrewaju; former Minister of Works and Housing and Military Governor of old Oyo State, Major-General AbdulKarim Adisa and others. The pardon was granted in March this year.

[Folami David]

We all know this kind of pardon will come out once in a while so we should just accept it the way it is. That's the case now