23 August 2011 :

in Nigeria, Katsina State Governor Ibrahim Shema commuted the death sentence passed on eight prisoners to life imprisonment in commemoration of Ramadan. Musa Dauda, Shehu Idi Magaye, Nura Sabo, Samanu Salisu, Shittu Jubrin, Aminu Sada, Abdulkarim Mohammed and Friday Patrick were selected due to good behaviour, their length of stay in prison, and the fact that they had not killed anyone. Some among the convicts transferred to Kaduna prison from Katsina for execution.