Governor Ademola Adeleke has exercised the prerogative of mercy towards 53 convicts serving various convictions within the Nigerian Correctional Service.

This was revealed in a statement released on Thursday, December 26, and shared on the state's official website on X.

The statement was signed by Mallam Olawale Rasheed, spokesperson to the state governor.

According to the statement, the letter of commutation dated December 24, 2024 and which has since been received and acknowledged by the relevant prison authorities read as follows:

"Now know ye therefore that, I Senator Ademola Jackson Adeleke, the governor of Osun state of Nigeria, in exercise of the power conferred on me by paragraph (a), (c) and (d) of subsection (i) of section 212 of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended), I am pleased to extend my grace and mercy unto the said inmates.

"My will and pleasure thereof, is that you commute the death, life and years of imprisonment as indicated herewith in the schedule"