The Federal Government on Monday, appealed to the Indonesia government to show clemency for 12 Nigerians convicted of drug crimes in the country.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, revealed this to newsmen, after a meeting with the acting Indonesia Ambassador, Eko Indiarto, who was invited for discussion.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN recently reported that, two Nigerians, Solomon Okafor and Daniels Enemuo were executed by firing squad for drug crimes, while 12 others are currently on death row.
“Every country determines for itself the kind of action it takes. In the case of Nigerians and as you have just seen, we have protested very vehemently the execution and we are still looking at other options.
“I have just appealed to the government and people of Indonesia to show some clemency as we move forward with regards to the 12 other Nigerians still on death row in that country"
“We hope at the end of the day, there will be some form of clemency for our people and we do not hope, as of now, that it will have any significant impact on our relationship.``The Federal Government has said, it will continue to negotiate with the Indonesia government to reach an agreement on Prison Transfer.
According to it, the agreement may enable other convicted Nigerians, to return home and serve their jail terms.
Very good talk from FG but they should do this on time with the international community because this country is very strict with their law. A very sound warning to Nigerians as well to be very careful in the name of get rich quick syndrome. I await to hear more and further follow up.
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