Full List of Those Granted Clemency by President Tinubu after Maryam Sanda’s Removal
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FCT, Abuja - President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has exercised his instrument of presidential prerogative of mercy (grant of pardon).
President Tinubu granted clemency to some Nigerians after the name of Maryam Sanda was removed from the list.
Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, shared the list of the lucky individuals via his X handle @aonanuga1956
President Bola Tinubu granted a pardon to 15 persons.
Tinubu grants pardon to 15 persons
1. Mrs Anastasia Daniel Nwaobia
2. Barr. Hussaini Alhaji Umar
3. Ayinla Saadu Alanamu
4. Hon. Farouk M. Lawan
5. Herbert Macaulay
6. Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa
7. Ken Saro Wiwa
8. Saturday Dobee
9. Nordu Eawo
10. Daniel Gbooko
11. Paul Levera
12. Felix Nuale
13. Baribor Bera
14. Barinem Kiobel
15. John Kpuine
This Instrument may be cited as the Instrument of Presidential Prerogative of Mercy (Grant of Pardon), 2025.
Death sentence commuted to life imprisonment
(1) Emmanuel Baba
(2) Abubakar Usman
(3) Khalifa Umar
(4) Mohammed Umar
This Instrument may be cited as the Instrument of Presidential Prerogative of Mercy (Commutation of Death Sentence to Life Imprisonment), 2025.
President Tinubu granted clemency to 15 persons in accordance with section 175 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999
Persons granted clemency
1. Oroka Michael Chibueze 2. Adesanya Olufemi Paul
3. Daniel Bodunwa
4. Hamza Abubakar
5. Buhari Sani
6. Mohammed Musa
7. Muharazu Abubakar
8. Ibrahim Yusuf
9. Saad Ahmed Madaki
10. Ex-Corporal Michael Bawa
11. Richard Ayuba
12. Adam Abubakar
13. Emmanuel Yusuf
14. Chinedu Stanley
15. Johnny Ntheru Udor
This Instrument may be cited as the Instrument of Presidential Prerogative of Mercy (Grant of Clemency), 2025.
Nigerians react as Tinubu removes Maryam Sanda's name
@thekanoblog
Presidential pardon should not be a reward for the powerful. Until justice means the same for the rich and the poor, Nigeria will keep forgiving corruption and punishing poverty. #ReformTheSystem #Nigeria.
@nubiudodo
In the first place, who are those that compiled the initial list? Who reviewed it and recommended it to the president to table before the National Council of States for ratification?
@phrankangel
So you and your boss needed public outrage to realise that pardoning drug traffickers and kidnappers was madness? This isn’t leadership — it’s trial and error with 200 million lives at stake. A government that thinks through backlash instead of principle is a danger to the nation. #NigeriaDeservesBetter
Maryam Sanda: Biliyaminu's father reacts to presidential pardon
Legit.ng earlier reported that Alhaji Ahmed Bello Isa, father of the late Bilyaminu Bello, has publicly endorsed the presidential clemency granted to his daughter-in-law, Maryam Sanda, by President Tinubu.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday in Abuja, the grieving father described the pardon as “the will of God” and affirmed that he had long forgiven Sanda for the death of his son.
Maryam Sanda, daughter of a former Aso Savings Executive, was convicted in January 2020 and sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.
Source: Legit.ng
