The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, Tuesday pardoned 12 prisoners who were on death row.
The governor also changed the death sentences of six others to life imprisonment.
The spokesperson of the Nigeria Correctional Service in Kano, Musbahu Lawan, in a statement, said the governor also pardoned four female inmates following advice from the correctional service following their “change of character”.
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