Melaye also urged the president to scrap
NDLEA, arguing that his decision undermined the efforts of the agency.
By Kehinde Okeowo
African Democratic Congress (ADC) chieftain and former federal lawmaker, Dino Melaye has slammed President Bola Tinubu for granting presidential clemency to some inmates.
He criticized the Nigerian number citizen on Sunday in a post he shared on his official X page.
TheNiche had earlier reported that President Tinubu granted presidential pardon to 175 persons recently.
The list included late environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, nationalist Herbert Macaulay, Major General Mamman Vatsa, and Maryam Sanda, who was sentenced to death for killing her husband, amongst others.
Reacting to the decision, Melaye
alleged those pardoned included about 70 individuals convicted for drug-related offences.
He described the action as “unprecedented in history,” claiming that no other government in the world had ever granted such large-scale pardon to convicted drug offenders.
He further urged the president to scrap
the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), arguing that his decision undermined its efforts.
Speaking via his verified social media handle, Melaye said, “Pardon granted 70 drug lords by President Tinubu is unprecedented in history. Checks have revealed that it has never happened in the history of the world. My advice to the President is to scrap the NDLEA. His action has made a beautiful nonsensical of all the efforts of the agency since inception.”
