Governor of Ondo State grant state pardon to 30 prisoners serving various jail terms at the Olokuta medium prison

  Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has granted state pardon to 30 prisoners serving various jail terms at the Olokuta medium prison, in Akure.

   A statement issued by the State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Yemi   Olowolabi, on Tuesday night, indicated that the pardon was to mark the country’s 57th Independence anniversary.

  

   Olowolabi stated that the pardon was a follow up to recommendation of the State Advisory Council. Governor Akeredolu, however, expressed the hope that the pardoned prisoners would be of good behaviour and contribute their quota to the progress of the state.