Nigerian President Muhammad Buhari has granted presidential pardon to about 2,600 inmates nationwide.
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola disclosed this at a world news conference on Thursday in Abuja.
Said, 70 inmates will be released Thursday from Kuje maximum custodial centre.
He said three other high profile persons also benefitted from the presidential amnesty.
He added that the gesture means that they were never convicted.
Aregbesola at the conference with the ministers of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the gesture was based on compassion.
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