Nigerian death row convict,
Chijoke Stephen Obioha was executed in Singapore early this morning, after the
Court of Appeal dismissed an Urgent Criminal Motion filed by his lawyer, Mr
Joseph Chen, yesterday.
The Singapore Anti-Death
Penalty Campaign member, Mr Ravi, who is assisting Mr Joseph with the research
for the case, took to his Facebook page an hour ago to announce the news.
"This morning, at 6am,
the execution of Chijioke Stephen Obioha took place. I am not even sure if his
family from Nigeria were able to attend. Soon it will be all forgotten together
with Chijioke’s name, but for the many of us who fight and campaign to
eradicate this barbaric practice of death by hanging, and for those of us who
challenge the mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking in Singapore, our
work will go on. And it must."
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