8 more Nigerians are reportedly waiting to be executed in
Indonesia. This is according to the United Nigerians in
Diaspora, a group of Nigerians living outside the country.
The group at a press conference in Lagos yesterday May 5th,
gave the names of Nigerians waiting to be executed as
Michael Titus Igwe, Kingsley Okonkwo, Uchenna Onyewuru,
Eugene Ape, Hunphery Ejike, Obinna Nwajiagu, Benjamin
Onuoha and Ikenna Abanukwu.
Chairman of the group, Mr Pascal Okolie while briefing
newsmen, said Nigerians should rally round with other world
leaders to stop the expected executions.
"Considering that the next batch of execution will take
place in no distant time in Indonesia, we urge the good
people of Nigeria and our government to rise up with
the entire world to stop further executions of Nigerians.
Enough of the killings. Nigeria should leverage on the
strong bilateral relationship it has with Indonesia and
negotiate to stop the execution of the eight waiting to
be killed. In as much as we totally condemn drug
trafficking and wish to sensitize intending traffickers on
the consequences that awaits offenders, we also
condemn capital punishment especially since it has not
been able to quell the issue of drug trafficking in
Indonesia.” he said
Mr Okolie said most of the Nigerians that have been jailed in
Indonesia were not given fair hearing due to language barrier
which made it difficult for them to prove their innocence. He
accused the Nigerian embassy in Indonesia of neglecting her
citizens in Indonesia
"Most times Nigerians are thrown into prisons for more
than four months without anyone knowing about it.
They are tortured and some even die in the process.
The way a country treats her citizens, is a reflection of
how the citizens will be treated in foreign lands.
Therefore, we feel it is high time our government rose
to the occasion to ameliorate the plight of its citizens.
We expected our government to show concern just like
other countries whose nationals were involved. The
way a government treats its citizens, is a reflection of
how the citizens are likely to be treated in foreign
lands. Therefore, we feel it is high time our government
rose to the occasion to ameliorate the plights of its
citizens no matter the circumstance. We use this
opportunity to appeal to the youth, to beware of the
kind of friendships they keep as well as activities they
engage themselves. One of the reasons there are many
young Nigerians in prisons in different countries of the
world today, is due to get rich quick syndrome, fast
track. But in the end, they lose everything including
their lives.”he said
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