Hansen Antonious Nwaolisa, a Nigerian drug trafficker executed in Indonesia in 2008. Photo credit: daily telegraph |
It will be the first execution under new President Joko Widodo who pledged no clemency for drug offenders, despite pleas from the European Union, the Brazilian government and Amnesty International.
The others due to be executed are from Indonesia, Vietnam, the Netherlands and Brazil.
Daniel Enemuo, 38, a Nigerian national, was sentenced to death by the Tangerang District Court in September 2004 for attempting to smuggle 1.150 grams of heroin into the country from Pakistan in January 2004.
Namaona Denis, 49, was reportedly born in Nigeria but travelled to Indonesia with a Malawian passport. He wassentenced to death by the Bandung High court in 2001 after being convicted of smuggling 940 grams of heroin at the Soekarno-Hatta airport in Jakarta. According to his lawyers, Denis did not understand his trial proceedings as he was not provided with adequate interpretation.
According to Amnesty ,Five of them are reportedly going to be executed on Nusakambangan Island while Tran Thi Bich Hanh is to be executed in Boloyali district, both in Central Java.
Death sentences in Indonesia are carried out by firing squad. The prisoner has the choice of standing or sitting and whether to have their eyes covered, by a blindfold or hood. Firing squads are made up of 12 people, three of whose rifles are loaded with live ammunition, while the other nine are loaded with blanks.
Amnesty International has condemned the sentences asking for a change of heart
Sentenced to death, Isn't that too much??
ReplyDeleteWay too much
Deleteima.....this is not naija that if u hav neva been a convict u c will nva be recognise to contest or be well known politician...eg....bode george,asari,alamiyesigha.....only God can intervene in this situation......fuck all naija leader cos dey r all looters
DeleteKilled for what now? What happened to serving jail terms, or is this racism at work
ReplyDeleteNot racism dear, it's juz der law n any trafficker who is stupid enough to still try it knows wat he or she is getting into.
DeleteWhy do people still peddle drugs there when they know the sentence when caught is death?
ReplyDeleteExactly. U spoke my mind
DeleteI dnt kno y som pple ar stil trafickin drugs to thos countries,wen dey kno d consequenc,anyway I dnt blam dem...it is their juju man dt is deceivin dem.
DeleteDem wan come naija come dey oppress pple na. Nonsense
Deleteits as simple as abc its Greed n Laziness.they all want fast life,fast money
DeleteNigerian Government intervene or better still, Indonesia Government tamper Mercy with Johnson, for crying out loud its a new year..
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Tamper Mercy with Johnson ke? Na Mercy Johnson?? Lol. #justice bro
DeleteHehehehehehehehe professor dj stelch and comedian ima. Emeh funny BVs u gat
Delete@Miss IMA Darling, of course I know dear.. *Wink*
DeleteThis is suffering. In jail since 2001 only to be killed again? Why not kill them since? But Igbo guys too. Una no dey hear word
ReplyDeleteAsians don't take drug related issues for granted, most of the Visas it's clearly written in Black and White, so tell me why one would still go ahead and involve him or herself with such.
ReplyDeleteBetter luck next time.Do the crime pay the price.Period
ReplyDeleteNo shaking
Hope it is not Dr Enemuo'brother the one that brought Ebola to ph! Dis one is bearing Enemuo! Fear anyone with this name too greedy
ReplyDeleteGood for them
ReplyDeleteEeiyya una pele
ReplyDeleteTheir families wil be waiting for them to come home with plenty money not knowing they're dead...too bad
Hmmm abi oh
DeleteServe them right.. IT IS WELL
ReplyDeleteHmmmm ok nah
ReplyDeleteI strongly condemn drug trafficking but would like to appeal to the Indonesia government to rescind this decision and abort the law of excuting drug traffickers
ReplyDeleteFuck!
ReplyDeleteI wish there will be mercy for them cos I pity their families.
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