An international human rights organisation, Avocats Sans Frontieres France, popularly known as Lawyers Without Borders, has dragged the Federal Government to a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja, seeking the abolition of capital punishment from the nation’s statute books.
According to the ASF, since death penalty had proved to be inefficient and does not stop crime, it should not be retained in the statute books of Nigeria. She said, “We have a case in the FCT High Court challenging the mandatory nature of the death penalty. Among other reliefs, we are challenging mandatory nature of the death penalty in Nigeria. This has been successfully done by other countries, including Uganda.
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