Here is a report according to punch.
Dabiri-Erewa decried Nigeria’s failure to enter into an agreement with other countries on extradition and exchange of prisoners. She said the Federal Government should have done a continuous follow-up, after the delegation secured the stay of execution in Indonesia..
“There is little to be done now until Nigeria signs an official agreement with the country. The committee is working with the House Committee on Treaties to see that the Attorney-General of the Federation is compelled to ensure that the abandoned 25 treaties are domesticated,” she said.
However, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while denying knowledge of the planned execution, said there were no moves to exchange prisoners with the Asian country yet.
The spokesman of the ministry, Mr. Ogbole Ode, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone on Friday, said there must be an agreement between the two countries before prisoners could be exchanged.
“I am just hearing this (the impending execution); I am not aware. The President of Indonesia has just left Nigeria. What, again, I do not know is whether there was a prisoner exchange agreement between Nigeria and Indonesia. You know, you don’t exchange prisoners just like that; there must be an agreement to provide the legal umbrella for such exchange between two nations.
“I am not aware of a prisoner exchange. Our ambassador was around during the state visit by the Indonesian President. I will speak with him if his Nigerian number is still functioning and I’ll find out and get back to you.”
The 21 Nigerians were condemned to death by Indonesian courts in 2008 for various criminal offences, including drug peddling. Same year, four were sentenced to life imprisonment and eight others to various jail terms ranging from 11 to 18 years.
Out of the 21 on death row, Samuel Okoye and Hassan Nwaolisa were executed on June 28, 2008, while Augustine Ogbonna died in custody in September 2008 under mysterious circumstances.
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