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| Minister of state for foreign affairs,Khadijah Bukar Abba Ibrahim. |
The Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
Khadijah Bukar Abba Ibrahim has pleaded with the Indonesian government
to repatriate Nigerian prisoners who are serving jail terms for various
offences in the country.
The minister made the appeal while receiving the Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, in her office on a courtesy visit.
Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a five-year moratorium on executions in 2013.
On April 29, 2015, an Indonesian firing squad executed four Nigerian drug traffickers, along with two Australians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian.
The execution toughened the hard line on enforcing the death penalty adopted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo as part of his war on drugs, an approach criticised by the United Nations.
The minister stated that it is necessary that Nigerian prisoners in Indonesia be repatriated back to the country “to come home and have justice.”
She, however, reiterated the present administration’s determination to strengthen Nigeria’s security and economy and fight corruption to a standstill.
Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/fg-asks-indonesia-to-repatriate-nigerian-prisoners/127366.html#DdJgr8S6Edel6f6i.99
The minister made the appeal while receiving the Indonesian ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, in her office on a courtesy visit.
Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a five-year moratorium on executions in 2013.
On April 29, 2015, an Indonesian firing squad executed four Nigerian drug traffickers, along with two Australians, a Brazilian and an Indonesian.
The execution toughened the hard line on enforcing the death penalty adopted by Indonesian President Joko Widodo as part of his war on drugs, an approach criticised by the United Nations.
The minister stated that it is necessary that Nigerian prisoners in Indonesia be repatriated back to the country “to come home and have justice.”
She, however, reiterated the present administration’s determination to strengthen Nigeria’s security and economy and fight corruption to a standstill.
Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/fg-asks-indonesia-to-repatriate-nigerian-prisoners/127366.html#DdJgr8S6Edel6f6i.99
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