The recent granting of presidential pardon to ex-governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, by President Jonathan has continued to generate criticisms – and rightly so.
To be clear, section 175 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) grants the president the power to invoke the prerogati
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