NHRC, foreign embassies push for abolition of death penalty in Nigeria
Like Australia, the Ambassador of Spain to Nigeria, Felix Costales Arteida, said Spain opposes the death penalty because “life is an inalienable right, and no state should have the power to take it away.‘Human cost of capital punishnent’ This year’s theme for the World Day Against the Death Penalty is Stories for Life: the human cost of capital punishment.
While she recognised Nigeria’s autonomy as an independent state, Ms Bin-Juda encouraged the nation to consider formalising its de facto moratorium on executions or narrow the range of offences over which the death penalty may be imposed.
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