By Ariwodo praise izuchukwu
A Nigerian, Emmanuel Ihejirika, previously sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia, has been released after years in prison.
The Nigerians in Diaspora CommissionI, in a statement signed by Gabriel Odu in the Public Relations Unit of the commission, on Friday, said Ihejirika was released due to pro bono efforts of Nigerian lawyer, Emmanuel Ogebe, based in Washington DC.
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The case drew attention several years ago when a Nigerian delegation, including former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Ojo Madueke and NiDCOM chairman, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, then a member of the House of Representatives, visited Indonesian prisons to seek clemency for Nigerians on death row.
Four Nigerians, along with an Indonesian and a British citizen, were executed.
Ogebe took up Ihejirika’s case, which he believed was a case of mistaken identity, and pursued it through the Indonesian Supreme Court. His legal work culminated in Ihejirika’s release.
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