President Goodluck Jonathan has
confirmed the granting of presidential pardon to a former Governor of
Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, and a few other ex-convicts.
PREMIUM TIMES had broken the strory of the pardon while the meeting was underway Tuesday morning.
We also reported details of the proceedings minutes after the meeting ended.
Presidential spokespersons had gone
underground for most of yesterday in what appeared a ploy to dodge media
enquiry on the controversial pardon of a man who stole his people blind
while governor.
But Mr. Jonathan, speaking through his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Doyin Okupe, has now confirmed our report.
He said he has no apology for his action.
Mr. Okupe spoke on Channels TV breakfast show, Sunrise.
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