6th December, 2017
Photo: Channels tv/Bashir Ahmed
Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday granted amnesty to 500 inmates who were detained at the Kano State Central Prison.
Buhari, in pardoning the inmates charged them to remain law abiding and stay away from committing crimes that might likely lead them back to prison.
Channels tv reports that Kano Central Prison is one of the most congested detention facilities in Nigeria but Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State says the ongoing renovation of the facility is geared towards decongesting the prison.
Earlier at the Emir’s palace while on a visit to the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, Buhari said, “I know Kano people are aware of the tremendous job we did on security and agriculture.”
He explained that the stability of the north and Nigeria was paramount and that he was determined to make Nigeria a peaceful country.
After granting amnesty to the 500 inmates at the state’s central prison, President Buhari also commissioned the Panshekara by Madobi junction Underpass and the CBN Quaters by Hotoro road.