索科托州州长赦免了113名囚犯,减刑和提供重返社会援助,以纪念尼日利亚独立64周年。 Sokoto State Governor pardoned 113 inmates, reducing sentences and offering reintegration aid, to mark Nigeria's 64th Independence Anniversary.

索科托州州长艾哈迈德·阿里尤赦免了索科托惩教中心的113名囚犯,以纪念尼日利亚独立64周年。 Sokoto State Governor Ahmed Aliyu pardoned 113 inmates at the Sokoto Correctional Centre to mark Nigeria's 64th Independence Anniversary. 这包括67人无条件释放,22人将死刑减为无期徒刑,22名囚犯将无期徒刑减为25年。 This included 67 unconditional releases, commutation of 22 death sentences to life, and reductions of life sentences to 25 years for 22 inmates. 两名囚犯被减刑两年。 Two inmates received two-year sentence reductions. 每个被释放的囚犯都收到50 000新西兰元,以帮助其重返社会,这是努力减少管教设施过度拥挤现象的一部分。 Each released inmate received ₦50,000 to aid their reintegration, part of efforts to reduce overcrowding in correctional facilities.