Ifeoma Akachukwu
In exercise of the powers conferred on him by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to mark the country's 50thIndependence Anniversary, His Excellency, Mr. Peter Obi has granted amnesty to 23 prisoners.
A memo issued by the Honourable Attorney-General/Chairman of Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy, Mr. Emmanuel Chukwuma Esq., dated September 30, 2010, says a total of twenty three persons benefited from this gesture.
The beneficiaries, according to the release, are drawn from Onitsha, Awka, Aguata and Enugu Prisons. Those from Onitsha Prison are: Omo Eme, Chibuzor Obi, Lotanna Okooma, Sunday Umezulike and Izunna Okonkwo. Others from the same prison are Chimezie Offorzor, Nduka Enuma, Ifeanyi Okonkwo, Ogochukwu Okafor and Emeka Arinze.
From Awka Prison, the following people were released: Onyinye Nwankwo, Paul Nwaokpatu, Emika Okafor, Alloy Udoji, Innocent Ejiofor, Chijioke Ude and Samuel Chukwudozie.
Ikechukwu Ezeonwumere, Onyeka Uzoigwe, Celestine Aniefo and Ikechukwu Okafor are the lucky ones from Aguata Prison while Izuchukwu Obidike and Simus Ani were freed from Enugu Prison.
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