The recent U.S. ambassador's opposition to presidential pardon to Alamiseigha by GEJ makes me wonder why they have given presidential pardons in their country. I am neither defending Alam nor supporting corruption
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/afc-alamieseighas-pardon-setback-in-corruption-fight/142075/

The Iran–Contra affair (Persian: ایران-کنترا‎, Spanish: caso Irán-Contra), also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran-Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that came to light in November 1986. During the Reagan administration, senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to Iran, the subject of an arms embargo.[1] Some U.S. officials also hoped that the arms sales would secure the release of hostages and allow U.S. intelligence agencies to fund the Nicaraguan Contras. Under the Boland Amendment, further funding of the Contras by the government had been prohibited by Congress.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair


Caspar Weinberger, Secretary of Defense, was indicted on two counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice on June 16, 1992. [1]. Weinberger received a pardon from George H. W. Bush on December 24, 1992 before he was tried.

Alan D. Fiers Chief of the CIA's Central American Task Force, convicted of withholding evidence and sentenced to one year probation. Later pardoned by President George H. W. Bush


The Watergate scandal was a political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s as a result of the June 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. The scandal eventually led to the resignation of Richard Nixon, the President of the United States, on August 9, 1974, the only resignation of a U.S. President. The scandal also resulted in the indictment, trial, conviction and incarceration of 43 people, including dozens of Nixon's top administration officials.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

In the week before Nixon's resignation, Ehrlichman and Haldeman unsuccessfully tried to get Nixon to grant them the pardons which Nixon had promised them before their April 1973 resignations.

Facing near-certain impeachment in the House of Representatives and a strong possibility of a conviction in the Senate, Nixon resigned the presidency on August 9, 1974.[6][7] His successor, Gerald Ford, then issued a pardon to Nixon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate_scandal

Weird i thaught such things are only done in nigeria

I still prefer a pardon for Alams to amnesty for boko harm. I thought that Nigerians would have attacked sultan of sokoto when he calls for amnesty for murderers as they are attacking Jonathan today for pardoning Alams.

Redoil: Weird i thaught such things are only done in nigeria

We may need to re-visit the exclamation: "Only in Naija!"

Who cares about this stuff? How does it relate to Africa?

Even if the US pardons those people it still doesn't make any difference in the fact that GEJ is a corrupt and inept president that granted pardon to a theif because he nneds the theif's support for the 2015 elections.
I don't even know why you started this topic. Is it to justify GEJ's actions or what.