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Nigerians on death row: SERAP asks AU to stop Libya yahoomail.com google yahoomail.com
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Acting Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Commissioner, Bahame Nyanduga, to restrain Libya fraom executing Nigerians on death row in that country.
In a request for provisional measures by SERAP’s lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, the organisation asked the African Commission to urgently invoke Article 111 (Rule of Procedure) authority to request that Libya adopt provisional measures in order to stop the irreparable damage that would be caused to the complainants and their African charter rights.
“We have received credible information from the complainants that their mental and physical conditions are deteriorating. Some of the complainants have told SERAP that “Our condition is not conducive and our health is deteriorating.
We don’t know if it is food poison. We have been made scapegoats by the Libyan authorities and forced to modern slavery. Despite our conditions, we are forced to work for them. We have been charged for crime we don’t know or have not committed,” said the organisation, quoting some of the complainants.
Another Complainant told SERAP that “I have spent 7 years in the prison and now on death row without knowing my offence.
There are many like me with similar problem. We want the world to know the atrocities which are being committed. Our Nigerian embassy here has contributed to the problem. As a Nigerian, you cannot step your foot on the consular gate.
Since my 7 years in prison, I haven’t seen the Nigerian embassy visiting its people. In 2007, we went on a one week- hunger strike demanding a visit by our embassy. All efforts were in vain. Our embassy officials are only interested in signing death certificates.”
The organisation listed the names of the complainants who are “on death row and in prisons across Libya under very harsh and dehumanising conditions” to include: Adepoju Adebowale; Abdulah Usman; David Okiki Awolabi; Micky Remi; Okuronbo Osazemhide; Gani Olu; Livingstone Kennedy; Ikeoma; Ogurapulu Richard; Don Emmanuel Nwaeueje; James Amala; Declan Nnamdi; Emmanuel Ude; Moses Anigbogu; Ogoubamu; Okhwku Moha; John Andrew; Jude Idahosa; Juliana Okolo, and Luke Ejike.
According to the organisation also said that “Libya is a state party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and currently holds the chairmanship of the African Union.
Similarly, Libya’s Great Green Charter of Human Rights promised that “all human beings will be free and equal in the exercise of power,” but human rights of citizens and foreign nationals, including Nigerians continue to be violated with impunity.
The complainants have been deprived of their liberty and other fair trial rights and unless the African Commission urgently intervenes, their right to life may be irreparably violated.”
September 12, 2009 at 8:39 am
Nigeria govt should revolt relationship with libya govt .our ambassador should be recalled .libya govt doesn,t have respect for her fellow black Africans . gadraffi should hold to book for killing nigerians in libya. Nigerian govt should not sleep over these matter ,these serious issue and it needs serious treatment not politics .
say about this? Or should the citizens of “re-branded” nigeria be freely executed without even a wimper from this crew or a socalled presidency?
Yes socalled, because when Clinton told that silly bunch why Quaddaffy of
Libya stole the G20 show from “giants” like nigeria, they refused to listen.
A cowardly presidency which look the other way while her citizens are routinely and illegally slaughtered by tyrants like Quaddaffy, and even raises no objection to such a butcher chairing the AU, are just nothing short of slaves. Period. All historical evidence confirm that no free men ever allow their citizens to be so raped by anybody, talk less of by an unpopular Arab tyrant. And what has muslim ACF( Arewa Consultative Forum) said to their Arab “muslim brothers” about it? Nothing? We are all nigerians including those in Arab immigration jails, abi dey I lie? Or are we just only a “federal” republic of oil bazaar? OR, UNA THINK SEY WE BE MUMU, IN THIS TOOTHLESS CHARADE CALLED NIGERIA?
If Gaddafy’s Libya can spend millions of dollars and stake its reputation to free and celebrate a convicted terrorist why hold innocent Nigerians are using your country as a transit to the civilized world. Gaddafy free Adepoju Adebowale; Abdulah Usman; David Okiki Awolabi; Micky Remi; Okuronbo Osazemhide; Gani Olu; Livingstone Kennedy; Ikeoma; Ogurapulu Richard; Don Emmanuel Nwaeueje; James Amala; Declan Nnamdi; Emmanuel Ude; Moses Anigbogu; Ogoubamu; Okhwku Moha; John Andrew; Jude Idahosa; Juliana Okolo, and Luke Ejike and other Nigerians in your jail.
Nigerians are treated badly all over the world especially by fewllow African countries, its time to fight back, our government will not do it for us, we have to do it ourselves. All all leaders are concerned about is to steal money and fly to the beautiful spots all over the world while our own country sinks.
If you want to enlist in the struggle to free innocent Nigerians in Libya send email to germannefy@yahoo.com. We need all the facts and should be well equipped with facts and figures to succeed not half truth.
What ever our citizens jailed in Libya has done, why cant our country rescue there death sentences to live sentences, what is the possibility that the crime levied on them was actually true………
The truth is that , Nigeria government show themself has a fail leader who donts care about the future of there youngsand citizens.
i think the only solution to this killer countries is that, fedeal government should immidiatly make a great mature to stop issuing visa to this deadly country Libya, china, and most of Asia counties who many Nigerians are on dearh roles.
Pls our leaders, youth donts want to share your post or seat at ASO-ROCK, but need ,Job, Accomodation,and Better Life.
You leadres has travel abroad and seeing those thing and how the other country do it succesful! what are he illnes opf you to do it in our mother land that full of aboudant of gift tha this countries.You should remember that the father that does not training his children and building the glass house, the child he refuse to train will cause and destroy the glass house in future.
God bless Nigeria.