The government of Gambia has confirmed that it has executed nine inmates who were on death row, saying in a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior that t
he prisoners were killed by firing squad on Sunday. Contrarily, Amnesty International says the nine prisoners were executed on Friday last week.

However, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a public urgent appeal to President Goodluck Jonathan urging him to use “his position and the country’s influence within the ECOWAS to urgently prevail on the Gambian authorities not to execute two Nigerians and over 30 Gambians on death row in the Gambia.

The appeal by SERAP followed reports by Amnesty International on Sunday that at least 9 of the 47 death row prisoners have already been secretly executed. President Yahya Jammeh had vowed to kill all 47 death row inmates by next month in a move to curb crime, in a national speech to mark the Muslim festival of Eid. According to Amnesty International, more persons are under threat of imminent executions in the coming days.

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QUESTION:
Do you think the prisoners should be pardoned?
Lets Have Your SAY.

mention the names of d nigerians waiting on deathrow only then can your thread make frontpage and possibly people would comment on it.

i guess they're expecting more.