Death penalty: Foreign missions applaud Nigeria’s abolitionist shift

By Ikechukwu Nnochiri As the number of death row inmates in the country continues to swell, stakeholders in the justice sector and concerned foreign missions have nonetheless commended Nigeria for going ten consecutive years without a state execution.The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) recently disclosed that 4,329 persons are currently awaiting execution in various custodial facilities […] The post Death penalty: Foreign missions applaud Nigeria’s abolitionist shift appeared first on Vanguard News.