Afrigather A Nigerian man, Emmanuel Ihejirika, who had been sentenced to dying for drug trafficking in Indonesia has been freed, after a number of years in jail . Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Fee, (NIDCOM) disclosed this in an announcement by a spokesman of the group, Gabriel Odu, on Friday…..CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
She mentioned Ihejirika’s launch was made attainable after his case was taken up professional bono by a Nigerian lawyer primarily based in Washington DC , Mr Emmanuel Isha Ogebe.
Talking after a gathering with the lawyer in Washington DC, Dabiri-Erewa counseled Mr Ogebe for his selflessness and kindness in taking on the case.
A number of years again, a delegation from Nigeria, headed by the previous Minister of Overseas Affairs, Amb. Ojo Madueke , which included Hon Abike Dabiri Erewa, then a member of the Home of Representatives, former Chairman NDLEA, Mr Ipinmosho, amongst others, had visited Indonesian jail to plead for clemency for 21 Nigerians on dying row convicted for drug trafficking.
4 of them have been executed together with an Indonesian and British citizen.
Mr Ogebe, primarily based within the USA, had later approached Hon Dabiri-Erewa for her intervention and provided a professional bono companies for Ihejirika, whose case gave the impression to be one in all mistaken identification, and provided to comply with the case by means of.
He succeeded, as he took the case as much as the Supreme Court docket, and Ihejirika was lastly let off the hook.
Hon Dabiri-Erewa re-emphasised that penalty for drug trafficking in Indonesia is dying, including that Nigerians ought to avoid crime.
Whereas commending Ogebe for his selflessness and kindness for the professional bono companies, she additionally praised the efforts of the Nigerian Cost D’Affaires in Indonesia, Ms Patricia Alechenu for her unwavering help.
