Nigerian Governor ‘threatens to execute inmates’ to ease prison congestion

Thursday 22 April 2010 Amnesty International has condemned a reported move by Nigerian state governors to execute death row inmates to ease overcrowding. Amnesty International has condemned a reported move by Nigerian state governors to execute death row inmates to ease overcrowding and urged the authorities to instead address the underlying problems in the criminal justice system.According to media reports, Theadore Orji, governor of the south-eastern state of Abia, announced this after a meeting of 36 state governors in the country’s capital Abuja on Tuesday.“More than three of every five…

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