Nigeria: Fashola Inaugurates Council On Prerogative of Mercy

31 January 2012

Lagos — Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, inaugurated a seven-man Advisory Council to the state government on Prerogative of Mercy, with the responsibility of recommending convicted criminals in the state for pardon.

The governor also signed into law, a bill amending the 2007 Reform Commission Amendment Law.

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