INDONESIA - Three Nigerians were ki!!ed by
firing squad after they were convicted for trafficking drugs, according to
officials of the Indonesian government.
Nigerian Bulletin
reports that the three Nigerians and one Indonesian were put to death after
midnight on Thursday, July 28, according to Noor Rachmad, deputy attorney
general for general crimes. The report said the official was silent on 10
others slated to be executed but were not.
The United Nations
(UN), European Union (EU) and the Amnesty International (AI) joined other
global bodies pleading for the convicts but Indonesia rejected the appeals.
Those convicted are said to be from Nigeria,
Pakistan, India and Zimbabwe and Indonesians and had been isolated at a prison
island where the executions are carried out. The report said authorities
stepped up preparations with ambulances carrying coffins seen crossing over to
Nusakambangan Island where the execution was to be carried out.
Daily Globe Watch
also reports that President Joko Widodo believes Indonesia faces an emergency
due to rising drugs consumption and as a result, he has strengthened the use of
capital punishment to frustrate this.
Since 2014, when he
became president, his country has executed 14 convicts mostly foreigners. In
April 2015, the country executed eight drug convicts, including two
Australians.
Igweh, during his
last session in court, had revealed how Indonesian police electrocuted his
genitals to force him to confess to possessing heroin.
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