When the news broke that President Bola Tinubu had granted a posthumous pardon to Herbert Macaulay and Major General Mamman Vatsa, the reactions were mixed. Some hailed it as an act of statesmanship and reconciliation. Others dismissed it as another symbolic gesture that adds nothing to the daily realities of Nigerians struggling to feed themselves. [ ]
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