{"id":3731,"date":"2022-08-10T14:12:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2022-08-10T14:12:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T14:12:47","slug":"ex-kwara-poly-council-member-gets-presidential-pardon-after-spending-3-years-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/ex-kwara-poly-council-member-gets-presidential-pardon-after-spending-3-years-in-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Kwara Poly Council Member gets Presidential Pardon After Spending 3 Years in Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Saadu Alanamu, a former Chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State Polytechnic,\u00a0Ilorin, was on <strong><em>Monday, August 8, 2022,<\/em><\/strong> released from jail after receiving a presidential pardon from President Muhammed Buhari.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recall that Alanamu was on <strong><em>April 18, 2018,<\/em><\/strong> remanded in prison custody\u00a0before being granted bail by Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar\u00a0on allegations of receiving <em><strong>N5 million<\/strong><\/em> from a contractor as a kickback for the award of contracts in the polytechnic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was later found guilty of the allegations and sentenced to <em><strong>12 years<\/strong><\/em> imprisonment in <strong><em>May 2019 <\/em><\/strong>where he served three years at the Federal Correctional Centre before his pardon in <strong><em>April 2022<\/em><\/strong> alongside <strong><em>159 <\/em><\/strong>others. He was said to have been pardoned based on health grounds and his usefulness to the society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking with newsmen in Ilorin after his release, he thanked President Buhari&nbsp;and the presidential committee for the show&nbsp;of mercy, as well as his&nbsp;family members&nbsp;and&nbsp;the Islamic clerics for supporting him with prayers over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also expressed his gratitude to the people of the\u00a0Ilorin Emirate, especially the Emir, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, adding that he has learned greatly from the experience and holds\u00a0no grudge against anyone as he is at peace with himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Myschool.ng<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#EduSAVINGS#EduLOANS#EduSURE#INTERNSHIP#SCHOLARSHIP#EduHEALTHMAINTAINANCE#ENTERPRENUERSHIP#PressPayNg#TERTIARY#EDUCATION#TUITION#FEES#UNIVERSITY#POLYTECHNIC#MONOTECHNIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Saadu Alanamu, a former Chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State Polytechnic,\u00a0Ilorin, was on Monday, August 8, 2022,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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