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Capital punishment in Nigeria
Capital punishment, also called the death penalty is a controversial issue in Nigeria, although it is a form of constitutional punishment in the country. This method of punishment which include hanging, shooting and stoning is carried out on crimes ranging from murder, terrorism-related offenses, rape, robbery, kidnapping, same-sex marriage, treason, and mutiny. Since 2006, Nigeria had not carried out an execution until in 2013 when four prisoners who were in death row were executed. In a 2014 research made by Amnesty International, about 697 people were sentenced to death by firing squad or by hanging.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Document, Amnesty International )〕 On 17 December 2014, about 54 Nigerian soldiers were sentenced to death by firing squad after they were found guilty of mutiny.
==Criticism==
The use of death penalty in Nigeria has generated mixed opinions among people in the society.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Dons disagree on abolition of death penalty in Nigeria )〕 Some people find this form of punishment as a tool which violates the human rights to live which is considered as a fundamental human right.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=FACING THEHANGMAN’S NOOSE: ANY RIGHT UNDER NIGERIAN LAW? )〕 Public activists also see this type of punishment as a tool meant to discrimate the masses.
In recent years, there have been protests and calls from reputable organizations including the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the abolition of capital punishment in the country. In October 2014, former Governor of Delta State Emmanuel Uduaghan pardoned three inmates who were on death row following the recommendations by the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy.
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