President of Nigeria Jonathan Goodluck

NIGERIANS ON DEATH ROW IN INDONESIA: JONATHAN CALLS FOR STAY OF EXECUTION

February 2, 2013: President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan requested for stay of execution on Nigerians on death row in Indonesia.
Receiving the Indonesian President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Abuja, who is on a 2-day state visit to the country, President Jonathan called for more bilateral relations between both countries with a pledge for an early convening of the Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation  meeting between the two countries.
Vanguard had earlier reported that no fewer than 18 Nigerians are presently languishing in various prisons in Indonesia with the fear that some of them may be among 10 slated for execution soon.
The 18 Nigerians were condemned to death by the Indonesian courts in 2008 for their alleged various criminal offences including drug peddling and other related offences.
So far, the Indonesian government had condemned a total of 21 Nigerians to death, sentenced four to life imprisonment and eight others to various jail terms ranging from 11 to 18 years.
Out of the 21 condemned Nigerians, two of them, Samuel Iwuchukwu Okoye and Hassan Anthony Nwaolisa were executed on June 28, 2008, while another, Augustine Ogbonna died under mysterious circumstances in prison custody in September, 2008. (Sources: vanguardngr.com, 02/02/2013)