SEE LIST OF 23 NIGERIANS ON DEATH-ROW IN SAUDI ARABIA
BY WASSUPNOW APRIL 15, 2019430
More than 23 Nigerians are on death row in Saudi Arabia, even as controversy continues to attend the recent beheading of a Nigerian woman, Kudirat Adeshola Afolabi, by Saudi authorities for drug trafficking.
A report on Monday morning by the Lagos-based The Nation newspaper listed the convicted Nigerians awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia as:
Adeniyi Adebayo Zikri;
Tunde Ibrahim;
Jimoh Idhola Lawal;
Lolo Babatunde;
Sulaiman Tunde;
Idris Adewuumi Adepoju;
Abdul Raimi Awela Ajibola;
Yusuf Makeen Ajiboye;
Adam Idris Abubakar;
Saka Zakaria; and Biola Lawal.
Others are:
Isa Abubakar Adam;
Ibrahim Chiroma;
Hafis Amosu;
Aliu Muhammad;
Ms. Funmilayo Omoyemi Bishi;
Ms. Mistura Yekini;
Amina Ajoke Alobi;
Kuburat Ibrahim;
Alaja Olufunke Alalaoe Abdulqadir;
Fawsat Balagun Alabi;
Aisha Muhammad Amira;
and Adebayo Zakariya.
The report quoted an official document as saying that the Nigerians were found guilty of allegedly contravening the “Narcotic and Psychotropic Substances Control Law, issued under Royal Decree No. M/39 dated 8/7/1428AH and is punishable with death penalty.”
“Unfortunately, between 2016-2017, these Nigerians were arrested at King Abdul-Aziz International Airport, Jeddah and Prince Muhammad bin Abdu- Aziz International Airport, Madinah for smuggling narcotic drugs concealed in their rectums,” the document added.
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