UK, others urge Nigeria to abolish death penalty

[TomSea]

UK, others urge Nigeria to abolish death penalty

By Victoria Ojeme

THE United Kingdom, UK, yesterday, appealed to the federal governmment to end death penalty in the country. A statement by the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Paul Arkwright, on the 2016 World Day against Death Penalty, said the British government believed death penalty had no place in the modern world and that its use undermined human dignity.

Arkwright, who said there was no conclusive evidence of its deterrent value, added that any miscarriage of justice leading to its imposition was irreversible and irreparable. He explained that the past two decades had seen a significant rise in the number of countries that had abolished capital punishment, noting, “I am concerned, therefore, that Nigeria, a model for democracy in Africa, still retains the death penalty in its laws. In 2013 Nigeria carried out four executions, the first since 2006.

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I wasn't aware that Nigeria was still a British Colony.

[TomSea]

They still have the Commonwealth games,  those were held in Nigeria a few years ago. I guess, there are still kinds of relations, heck, Canada has the queen on their dollar or did at one time but they aren't a colony either.