The Faces Of Nigerians To be Executed by Indonesian Government On FRIDAY [See photos]

It is weeping and moaning for Nigerians as Indonesia prepares to execute 4 Nigerians for
drug-related offences.

One of the four Nigerians who will be executed in Indonesia this week

Four Nigerians along with other foreigners will be executed by the Indonesian government for drug 

related offences. This is coming despite protests by rights groups condemning the government’s decision to execute the individuals this week.

Fourteen prisoners are listed for execution, among them four Nigerian nationals, including Humphrey Ejike Jefferson and Michael Tutus Igwe, a Pakistani, one Indonesian woman, a Chinese, and Taiwanese nationals.

AFP reports that the group of drug convicts will face firing squad in Indonesia this week, authorities in the country said. Syed Zahid Raza, the deputy Pakistani ambassador in Jakarta, told AFP the convicts, who include a Pakistani, could be executed around midnight Friday after officials signalled the start of a 72-hour notice period at a meeting with diplomats.

Nationals from Pakistan, India, Nigeria and Zimbabwe are expected to be executed alongside Indonesians. Officials say no Europeans or Australians will be included in the third round of executions under President Joko Widodo.

According to Samantha Hawley, Indonesia bureau chief and former Southeast Asia corro Australian Broadcasting Corporation said that the Nigerian embassy has been told to visit 4 nationals on death row in Cilacap tomorrow morning.

However, Rights groups have also called on Indonesia to halt the planned executions, citing worries about irregularities with some convictions.

In a statement, Amnesty International urged “the country’s authorities to halt all executions and to take immediate steps to ensure that the cases of all those under sentence of death are reviewed by an independent and impartial body”.

Another Nigerian in Indonesia to be executed this week

An AFP report revealed that authorities have been making preparations, with death row drug convicts transferred to Nusakambangan prison island, where Indonesia puts convicts to death, and 14 prisoners reportedly placed in isolation, an usual step before executions.