Drug Trafficking: FG Hails Singapore’s Court Decision To Free Nigerian On Death Row
The Federal Government has commended the decision of the Supreme Court of Singapore to free a Nigerian Adili Ejike, who was earlier sentenced to death for drug trafficking in the country.
The Acting Spokesperson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Akpan said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
Ejike was arrested in 2011 and sentenced to death for importing nearly 2-kilogramme of methamphetamine into Singapore.
He was granted an acquittal by the Singaporean apex court on May 27, 2019 and released with no outstanding charges.
Akpan said the Ministry rejoiced with the family of Ejike for the favourable judgment.
He quoted the High Commission of Nigeria in Singapore, Akinremi Bolaji, as saying that “Ejike’s acquittal made history as the first time such a decision was made in a case involving any Nigerian.
He
recalled that a Nigerian student, Zainab Aliyu and another man, Ibrahim
Abubakar, were in April released by the Saudi authorities after they were
exonerated of drug trafficking.
