The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has pardoned 12 inmates on death row in the state.
The spokesman for the Nigeria Correctional Service (NIS), Kano State Command, Musbahu Kofar-Nassarawa, confirmed the development to journalists on Tuesday in Kano.
He said the inmates had spent 25 years in prison awaiting execution.
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