The Council of State on Thursday approved President Bola Tinubu’s recommendation for the presidential pardon of 175 Nigerians, including historic figures such as Herbert Macaulay, Major-General Mamman Vatsa (retd.), and members of the Ogoni Nine and Ogoni Four, executed during Nigeria’s military era.
The decision, reached at a meeting held at the State House, Abuja, followed a presentation by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who conveyed the report of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy to the Council.