Nigeria: Capital Punishment - Don't Be Gagged, Anglican Primate Tells FG

3 July 2013

The Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, Tuesday, decried the condemnations that trailed the execution of four condemned prisoners in Benin City by the Edo State Government, urging the federal government not to allow itself to be gagged by anybody.

Reacting to questions at a press conference in Abuja, the Primate noted that Amnesty International had no justification to criticise the government's action, as they were neither directly nor indirectly affected by the action of the inmates.

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