Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, on Tuesday granted freedom to 170 prison
inmates across the state.
Ganduje, who witnessed the release of the inmates from Goron
Dutse Prison, said the gesture was in the spirit of Eid-El Kabir.
“You are part of the people who need our attention at this
time and all other times,” he said.
The governor said that the gesture was to complement Federal
Government’s efforts to further reduce congestion in the nation’s prisons.
Ganduje said President Muhammadu Buhari had directed all
governors to help decongest prisons across the country.
“President Buhari has since directed all governors to help
in decongesting our prisons across the country. What we are doing is in
compliance with that order given to us,” he said.
The governor also noted that since the inception of his
administration in 2015, about 2000 inmates have been released.
He advised the ex-inmates to change their attitudes to life
and pray for peace and stability in Nigeria.
The governor also gave each of the freed inmates N5,000 as
transport fare to their destination.
Earlier, the Controller of Prisons in Kano, Alhaji
Abdullahi Magaji, thanked the governor for freeing about 2,000 inmates since
his coming into office.
Magaji advised the freed inmates to stay off crimes to avoid
going back to prison.
Some of the freed inmates commended the State Government for
the gesture and promised to shun crimes.
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