Tinubu under fire for granting clemency to 70 drug dealers and others

Former lawmaker Senator Dino Melaye has faulted President Bola Tinubu over the recent presidential clemency granted to some inmates, alleging that among those pardoned were about 70 individuals convicted for drug-related offences.

In a post on X on Sunday, Melaye described the action as “unprecedented in history,” saying that no other government in the world had ever granted such large-scale pardon to convicted drug offenders.

“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,” Melaye said.

Recall that President Tinubu recently granted a presidential pardon to 175 persons.