Even though the full names of the beneficiaries are yet to be published, reports have said that pardons were granted to one of Nigeria’s founding fathers, Herbert Macaulay and former FCT minister in the Babangida regime, Maj-Gen. Mamman Vatsa (retd).
With members of the Ogoni Nine and Ogoni Four also listed as beneficiaries, an insider who attended the meeting confirmed that Macaulay and Vatsa are the major names on the list.
“Herbert Macaulay and Vatsa are among the two major ones on that list,” the source said.