Breaking: Tinubu Grants Presidential Pardon To Herbert Macaulay, 174 Others

President Bola Tinubu has approved a presidential pardon for one of Nigeria’s foremost nationalists and founding fathers, Herbert Macaulay, alongside 174 other individuals across various categories.

The approval came after a presentation by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), who tabled the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on the Prerogative of Mercy before the President.

The announcement was made on Thursday during the meeting of the National Council of State, which held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

Herbert Macaulay, often hailed as the “father of Nigerian nationalism,” was twice convicted by the British colonial government in Lagos. One of his most controversial convictions came in 1913, when he was accused of mismanaging funds from an estate he was administering — a case that many historians have described as politically motivated and unjust.
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