Tinubu Grants Presidential Pardon To Army Major Jailed For Selling Weapons To Militants

Presidential Pardon for Army Major

President Bola Tinubu has granted clemency to Major Suleiman Alabi Akubo, a Nigerian Army officer sentenced to life imprisonment for selling over 7,000 stolen military weapons to Niger Delta militants.

Akubo, 62, was among 175 persons who benefited from a presidential pardon, following the National Council of State's approval. His life sentence was reduced to 20 years due to "good conduct and remorsefulness", according to Special Adviser Bayo Onanuga.

the decision followed Akubo’s “good conduct and remorsefulness

Author's summary: President Tinubu grants pardon to jailed army major.

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