Human Rights Group, Amnesty International has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and other global leaders to prevail on Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, to stop the planned execution of five Nigerians and nine others.
Representatives of the group staged a protest at the Indonesian Embassy in Abuja, where they presented a letter to the Indonesian government.
The interim Country Director of Amnesty International in Nigeria, Mr Makmid Kamara, said that the argument to go ahead with the execution lacks merit.
Mr Kamara explained that many of the prisoners were alleged for drug offences, which, in the group’s view, does not meet the most serious crimes threshold under international rights law to justify execution.
The exercise which is expected to be carried out this week will include four Indonesians, a Pakistani, an Indian, a Zimbabwean, a Senegalese and a South African.
The Indonesian Deputy Attorney General has confirmed that there’s no going back with his decision to execute 14 people on death row for drug crimes.
The prisoners have been notified of the plans for their executions, in accordance with Indonesian law, and could be put to death as early as Friday.
The 14 have been put in isolation and the executions are due to take place by Sunday at the latest.
