The Chief Judge of Niger State, Halima Abdulmalik, on Tuesday, declined the requests for pardon by some inmates incarcerated for violent crimes at the Suleja Medium Custodial Centre.
Mrs Abdulmalik declined the inmates’ request during a visit to the centre in the exercise of her statutory duty of prerogative of mercy.
The chief judge, who was accompanied by senior magistrates and other principal officials of the state’s Ministry of Justice, reviewed a total of 61 cases bordering on murder, kidnap, and armed robbery among others.
