The Nation Newspaper Bayelsa APC deputy gov candidate granted amnesty under Yar’Adua - Correctional Service boss
has declared that a former ex-militant leader and deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress , Joshua MacIver, has no pending prison sentence obligation.
Nababa in a letter addressed to Benjamin Ogbara, the lawyer to MacIver, said the amnesty proclamation ended Maciver’s prison sentence at the Kaduna prisons. Maciver, prior to the amnesty proclamation, was convicted and thrown into the Kaduna prisons for mounting pressure on an oil company operating in his community to provide basic amenities to his people.Nababa said: “This is to confirm that Mr. Joshua MacIver, who was serving a prison sentence in Kaduna Prisons following his conviction in charge number FHC/KD/119C/2004, on the 26th of February, 2006 was granted Amnesty alongside other Niger Delta militants by President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.
“He is, therefore, no longer under any legal obligation to continue to serve the prison sentence. Please, find attached the official gazette containing the amnesty proclamation and other relevant documents”.
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