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| The four Nigerians executed |
THE execution of four Nigerians and
other nationals on Tuesday by the Indonesia government followed due
process, its ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, has said.
Purwanto, who spoke in Abuja yesterday
after he was summoned to the....
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the
execution was carried out strictly after completion of all legal
proceedings.
Jamiu Owolabi Abashin, 50; Martin
Anderson, 50; Okwudili Oyatanze, 41; and Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, 47,
were executed on Tuesday in Indonesia for drug related offenses.
Speaking to reporters after meeting with
the ministry top officials, Purwanto explained that there was nothing
that could be done to save the four as the court had ruled over the case
and there was nothing the government could have done at that stage.
“There was nothing we could do for
those four Nigerians because every legal process was completed and only
then did the government of Indonesia implement the decision of the
court.”
He said necessary opportunity was
provided to the convicts for the last 10 years the case lasted, adding
that his government suspended the moratorium on death penalty due to the
gravity and dangerous impact of the drugs on their country.
In his reaction, the Under-Secretary,
Economic and Consular Affairs Department of the Ministry, Ambassador
Bokunolu Onemola, said the situation was not enough to instigate a row
between both countries.
Onemola stressed that Nigeria would not recall its ambassador to Indonesia over the executions.
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