President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Kano
granted amnesty to 500 prison inmates in the Kano Central prison situated at
Kurmawa.
Buhari said the amnesty was part of the federal
government effort to decongest prisons in the country, and urged the beneficiaries
of the gesture to be of good behaviour and shun anything that would bring them
back to the prisons in the future.
The president who was in Kano for a two-day
official visit, charged the beneficiaries to make the best use of the
opportunity by engaging themselves in any useful venture to enable them become
useful members of the society.
Buhari also gave the inmates an undisclosed amount
of money to be shared as transport fare to their respective towns and villages.
Some of the beneficiaries of the amnesty were males
and females.
The president was accompanied to the Kano central
prison by the Minister of Interior, Abdurrahman Danbazau, among others.
Speaking also, Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar
Ganduje, charged the inmates to be of good conduct when they reunite with
members of their families and the society at large.
Buhari was in Kano to inaugurate some projects
initiated by Ganduje.
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