Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has granted state and partial pardons to 66 inmates at the Maiduguri Maximum Custodial Centre as part of activities to mark the 2025 Democracy Day celebrations. The governor also commuted death sentences to life imprisonment and reduced jail terms for other inmates based on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy.
During his visit to the facility, Zulum announced plans to enhance vocational training for inmates, providing intensive literacy, numeracy, and digital skills programs to equip them with

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valuable skills.
The governor also donated 300 bags of rice, 50 jerrycans of cooking oil, five cows, and N20,000 cash gift to each of the 1,280 inmates to improve their living conditions.
Zulum urged the inmates to maintain good conduct and contribute to the state’s peace and progress. The Controller of Borno State Correctional Service, Ahmed Bawa, commended the governor’s unprecedented support, describing it as a first in the facility’s history.
The inmates’ representative, Daniel Simon, expressed gratitude for the governor’s magnanimity, noting that the benefits of good governance are being felt even in the correctional center.

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