ICIR Nigeria
A HUMAN rights lawyer Femi Falana has knocked the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for granting state pardon to two former governors convicted of corruption.
Falana said the gesture should be extended to all thieves in various prisons across the country.
The state pardon for the two former governors, Joshua Dariye (Plateau State) and Jolly Nyame (Taraba State) was approved at the Council of State meeting on Thursday.
A total of 159 convicts were pardoned by the Federal Government.
The decision to pardon the two former state governors has elicited different reactions from Nigeria.
Reacting to the development, Falana urged Buhari to extend the gesture to all thieves locked up in all prisons across the country.
Falana said, “They are pardoning themselves now, the same man who said he came to fight corruption now grants pardon to a man who has stolen billions…
