Jennifer Abdullahi Umar

In the spirit of Eid-el-Kabir Sallah celebration, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has on Friday pardoned 29 inmates with minor offences across the custodial centres of the Nigerian Correctional Service, NSC, in the state. Speaking during a brief ceremony to set the inmates free, Governor Ganduje said the inmates were pardoned in accordance with directives of President Muhammadu Buhari to state governments to decongest the custodial centres and also ensure compliance to protocols of covid-19. The Governor called on the inmates to turn a new leaf and not to go back to their old way of life sighting instance with a female inmate, Jennifer Okafor who was one of the lucky inmates freed previously, now named Jennifer Abdullahi Umar Ganduje who is now gainfully employed. According t...