Edo State government yesterday night confirmed the execution of four convicted criminals by hanging whose execution has elicited condemnation from Amnesty International.
The international human rights group in a statement yesterday called on Nigerian government for restraint in carrying out the execution which it said was confirmed by a court yesterday in Benin City.
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