{"id":76546,"date":"2025-10-13T07:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=76546"},"modified":"2025-10-13T07:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:33:09","slug":"adc-faults-tinubu-over-pardon-for-convicted-drug-traffickers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/13\/adc-faults-tinubu-over-pardon-for-convicted-drug-traffickers\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC Faults Tinubu Over Pardon for Convicted Drug Traffickers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/p>\n<p>The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has condemned President Bola Tinubu\u2019s decision to grant clemency to several convicted drug traffickers, calling it a setback to Nigeria\u2019s anti-narcotics campaign.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Sunday, the ADC described the action as an \u201cirresponsible abuse of presidential powers\u201d that undermines law enforcement and damages Nigeria\u2019s global image.<\/p>\n<p>The criticism follows the release of a 2025 presidential pardon list containing 175 names, including drug offenders, Maryam Sanda, and historical figures such as Herbert Macaulay and Maj. Gen. Mamman Vatsa.<\/p>\n<p>While the presidency defended the move as a humanitarian gesture, the ADC warned it could embolden traffickers and erode confidence in Nigeria\u2019s justice system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The African Democratic Congress (ADC), has condemned President Bola Tinubu\u2019s decision to grant clemency to several convicted drug traffickers, calling it a setback to Nigeria\u2019s anti-narcotics campaign. In a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, on Sunday, the ADC described the action as an \u201cirresponsible abuse of presidential [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":76547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-76546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76546"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76546\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76548,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76546\/revisions\/76548"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}