Wike Pardons Nine Prisoners

Prisoners in Nigeria

As part of activities marking the 56th Independence anniversary of Nigeria, the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has, granted state pardon to nine convicts serving life and death sentences at the Port Harcourt Prisons,
Wike, took the decision based on the advice of the Rivers State Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy, pursuant to the powers conferred on him by Section 212 (1) (c) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended.
A statement signed by the state Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Emmanuel Chinwenwo Aguma, SAN, said that the governor granted the reprieve to the nine convicts by substituting the terms of imprisonment already served for the sentences of either life imprisonment or death imposed on them upon conviction by a court of law.
He listed the convicts to include Chukwuemeka O. Emeka, life imprisonment; Akara Etteh, life imprisonment; Emmanuel Ihenebiri, life imprisonment; Samuel Amadi, life imprisonment; and Sgt. James Mordi, life imprisonment.
Others are Tochukwu Chukwu, life imprisonment; Goddy David Faghawari, death; Kendu Uffort, death; and Emmanuel David Ekanem, death.
The statement conveyed the governor’s directive to the comptroller of prisons, Port Harcourt, to, upon the receipt of the instrument signed under the hand of Chief Nyesom Wike, discharge the above named persons from the Port Harcourt Prisons by releasing them, insisting that the said instrument shall be a sufficient warrant for so doing.