FG orders for the corpses of executed Nigerians....SEE PHOTOS

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Firstclass newsline learnt that the Federal Government has fowned at
the execution of four Nigerians by the Indonesian authorities over
drug-related offences, despite pleas for clemency by President
Goodluck Jonathan.
The federal government, while commiserating with the families of the
deceased, demanded the repatriation of the corpses of the executed
Nigerians.
It explained that they would be given decent burials by their various
communities.
A terse statement on Wednesday from the Public Communications Division
of Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja, gave the names of the
executed Nigerians as Martin Anderson, Okwudili Oyatanze, Jaminu
Abashin and Sylvester Obiekwe.
The government warned Nigerians to desist from drug trafficking and
other offences.
The statement read in part, "The Federal Government of Nigeria has
received with deep disappointment, news of the execution of four
Nigerians ─ Martin Anderson, Okwudili Oyatanze, Jaminu Abashin and
Sylvester Obiekwe ─ by the government of Indonesia for drug-related
offences.
"These executions have taken place despite spirited pleas for clemency
made at the highest level by President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, and
more recently by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Aminu
Wali.
"The Federal Government wishes to express its condolences to the
families of the deceased.
"It has asked the Indonesian government for the repatriation of the
remains of the executed persons so that they can be accorded decent
burials by their various communities.
"Furthermore, government is committed to engage the government of
Indonesia and other friendly countries regarding the conclusion of
Prisoner Transfer Agreements and other bilateral means of safeguarding
the interest and welfare of Nigerians."
The convicts were reportedly taken to the Nusakambangan Island where
they were executed by firing squad on Tuesday.
…Indonesia defends executions
Indonesia on Wednesday staunchly defended its execution of seven
foreigners including two Australians as a vital front of its "war" on
drugs as testimony emerged of how they went singing to their deaths,
The Times of India reports.
Australia withdrew its ambassador in protest at the midnight
executions, but Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, said he was merely
applying "the rule of law" against narcotics traffickers.
The seven convicts – two from Australia, one from Brazil and four from
Africa – were shot by firing squad along with one Indonesian, despite
strident foreign appeals and pleas from family members.
Brazil expressed "deep regret" at the execution of its national, who
is mentally ill according to his family, and said it was weighing its
next move.
The condemned men reportedly all refused blindfolds and sang hymns,
among them "Amazing Grace", as they went to face the firing squad in a
jungle clearing, according to a pastor who was with them.
As the clock ticked down to midnight, a group of tearful supporters
also sang hymns, embraced and held candles aloft during a vigil at the
port in Cilacap, the gateway to the prison island of Nusakambangan.
After the executions, family members could be seen crying as they were
ushered away by friends and supporters, an AFP reporter saw.
A Filipina originally set to be executed was given an 11th hour
reprieve after a woman who allegedly duped her into ferrying drugs to
Indonesia came forward to police in the Philippines.
The reprieve for Mary Jane Veloso was hailed in the Philippines as a
miracle and a gift from God, but Indonesian Attorney General Muhammad
Prasetyo stressed it was only a "postponement" to allow time for
police investigations.
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