The Federal Government has condemned the execution of a Nigerian, Kudirat Afolabi, by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for drug-related offenses.

Afolabi, a widow, and mother of two, was beheaded on Monday by the Saudi authorities.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mustapha Suleiman, during a meeting on Thursday with the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Adnan Bostaji, kicked against the alleged inhumane treatment meted out to the deceased.

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At the meeting, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, Suleiman said while Nigeria respected the sovereignty of other countries and abhorred the violation of their domestic laws, the Federal Government would not condone the treatment of any Nigerian in an inhumane manner.

In a statement on Thursday, Suleiman said the Nigerian government also frowned on the failure of the Saudi authorities to inform the Nigerian Mission in Saudi Arabia about Afolabi’s arrest and prosecution, “only to invite the mission to take the last will of the deceased prior to her execution on April 1, 2019.”

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, therefore, wishes to assure Nigerians that it has engaged the Saudi authorities through their Ambassador in Nigeria, to ensure that the normal diplomatic practice of informing missions of the arrests of our nationals is adhered to, and that fair hearing is given to other Nigerians undergoing judicial processes in Saudi Arabia,” Suleiman said in the statement.

But defending Afolabi’s execution, the Saudi envoy said it was “deservedly meted out to the Nigerian woman because she was found guilty of violating the Sharia law.”

Drug trafficking, he added, was not permitted in the Saudi Kingdom, noting, however, that Nigeria and Saudi Arabia enjoyed cordial diplomatic relations.

Speaking to newsmen after the closed-door meeting with the Permanent Secretary, Bostaji noted that the law against drug trafficking applied to everyone in the Kingdom, irrespective of their nationality, stressing that even Saudi citizens were not exempted.

The ambassador said, “Saudi Arabia is following Sharia law and anyone who violates the law by bringing drugs into Saudi Arabia will be punished by the law.

“This is because we want to save our society from drugs. So, if we don’t impose our Sharia law on these guilty people we may not save our society. The law is for all people in Saudi Arabia and not only for Saudi citizens.”

Bostaji insisted that no one could claim ignorance of the law as all visitors to the Kingdom were made to sign an undertaking not to bring drugs to the country before obtaining a Saudi visa.

He expressed dismay over the failure of visitors to obey the law, saying despite the strict penalties, people still took hard drugs to his country.

The Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Isah Dodo, lamented the “notoriety of Nigerians and nationals of other countries in bringing drugs to Saudi,” stressing that the menace had been going on for long.

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He pointed out that the law against drugs was clear, adding that anyone who violated it would be executed “and nobody can stop the Saudi Government.”

“So, all we can tell our people is to stop taking drugs to Saudi Arabia or to other countries where the punishment is execution. Nigerians have seen many people executed in Saudi Arabia and this is sufficient to serve as a deterrent to them but they have remained adamant and continued to commit this crime,” Dodo said.

See Source: https://grandmarketsquare.com/saudi-arabia-defends-execution-of-nigerian-widow-for-drug-trafficking/

Have Abike called out the name "Kudirat Afolabi"

Hmmm don't even know hu to blame

What was she doing with drugs in Saudia Arabia? She killed herself, period.
If you are planning on trafficking drugs to Asia and the middle east stop it now.

Naija9090:
Have Abike called out the name "Kudirat Afolabi"

Thought they said it's only Igbos that do drugs?

The love of money

Naija9090:
Have Abike called out the name "Kudirat Afolabi"

Those hypocrites have been forced to call evil by it's raw name. Afonjas ti take over.# drugmoneyissosweet.

Oh poor woman.

noblejoeuc:
The Federal Government has condemned the execution of a Nigerian, Kudirat Afolabi, by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for drug-related offenses.

Afolabi, a widow, and mother of two, was beheaded on Monday by the Saudi authorities.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mustapha Suleiman, during a meeting on Thursday with the Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Nigeria, Adnan Bostaji, kicked against the alleged inhumane treatment meted out to the deceased.

At the meeting, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Abuja, Suleiman said while Nigeria respected the sovereignty of other countries and abhorred the violation of their domestic laws, the Federal Government would not condone the treatment of any Nigerian in an inhumane manner.

In a statement on Thursday, Suleiman said the Nigerian government also frowned on the failure of the Saudi authorities to inform the Nigerian Mission in Saudi Arabia about Afolabi’s arrest and prosecution, “only to invite the mission to take the last will of the deceased prior to her execution on April 1, 2019.”

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, therefore, wishes to assure Nigerians that it has engaged the Saudi authorities through their Ambassador in Nigeria, to ensure that the normal diplomatic practice of informing missions of the arrests of our nationals is adhered to, and that fair hearing is given to other Nigerians undergoing judicial processes in Saudi Arabia,” Suleiman said in the statement.

But defending Afolabi’s execution, the Saudi envoy said it was “deservedly meted out to the Nigerian woman because she was found guilty of violating the Sharia law.”

Drug trafficking, he added, was not permitted in the Saudi Kingdom, noting, however, that Nigeria and Saudi Arabia enjoyed cordial diplomatic relations.

Speaking to newsmen after the closed-door meeting with the Permanent Secretary, Bostaji noted that the law against drug trafficking applied to everyone in the Kingdom, irrespective of their nationality, stressing that even Saudi citizens were not exempted.

The ambassador said, “Saudi Arabia is following Sharia law and anyone who violates the law by bringing drugs into Saudi Arabia will be punished by the law.

“This is because we want to save our society from drugs. So, if we don’t impose our Sharia law on these guilty people we may not save our society. The law is for all people in Saudi Arabia and not only for Saudi citizens.”

Bostaji insisted that no one could claim ignorance of the law as all visitors to the Kingdom were made to sign an undertaking not to bring drugs to the country before obtaining a Saudi visa.

He expressed dismay over the failure of visitors to obey the law, saying despite the strict penalties, people still took hard drugs to his country.

The Nigerian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Isah Dodo, lamented the “notoriety of Nigerians and nationals of other countries in bringing drugs to Saudi,” stressing that the menace had been going on for long.

He pointed out that the law against drugs was clear, adding that anyone who violated it would be executed “and nobody can stop the Saudi Government.”

“So, all we can tell our people is to stop taking drugs to Saudi Arabia or to other countries where the punishment is execution. Nigerians have seen many people executed in Saudi Arabia and this is sufficient to serve as a deterrent to them but they have remained adamant and continued to commit this crime,” Dodo said.

See Source: https://grandmarketsquare.com/saudi-arabia-defends-execution-of-nigerian-widow-for-drug-trafficking/

what igbo can do Yoruba can do it better than.hahahababa

Naija9090:
Have Abike called out the name "Kudirat Afolabi"

Is it only Abike that can call out the names of convicted criminals abroad? Don't you or any other person have mouth (or MB)?
It's a free world.
The reporter and the OP have exercised their freedom rights by calling out Kudirat Afolabi, Abike Dabiri exercised her own rights by calling out the 5 armed robbers executed in UAE. I can call out the name of an Adolor, Akpan or Muhammad if convicted in foreign lands and it picks my interest. It does not call for quarrel and fights.

If the kingdom of Saudi could mutilate a jamal khashoggi, who then is a kudirat, Aminu, or an Emeka whose head would roll on the floor within a blink of an eye for such grave a crime against the sharia law.
If this development could generate this much general uproar given the fact that it was linked to an individual from a region which is very unusually reputed for such a crime, speaks much volumes of our iboe folks who have imbibed the drug culture as a norm and a way of life. Which is why you hardly see them condemn the annual and bi monthly killings and harvesting of their blodas in their hundred of thousands in far away south Asian countries, south Africa, Indian and the middle east, after all hustle na hustle, so they claim.



-Lion

FAKE NEWS. What kind of website is grandmarketsquare with a Biafra logo as it's design?



cc lalasticlala

Preshy561 Preshit561:

Thought they said it's only Igbos that do drugs?

This is a one off. Iboes are the drug lords -- fact!



-Lion

Amumaigwe:


Those hypocrites have been forced to call evil by it's raw name. Afonjas ti take over.# drugmoneyissosweet.

You celebrate drug culture in your region. You flaunt a wealth gotten at the risk of many lives. Yorubas don't, they condemn it in the strongest of terms.


-Lion

When she dey carry drugs she no know say na widow rubbish sentiments

AbaLion:

You celebrate drug culture in your region. You flaunt a wealth gotten at the risk of many lives. Yorubas don't, they condemn it in the strongest of terms.


-Lion

Yeah the same way you have condemned Tinubu and Kashamu.

Hypocrisy runs in their blood.

Spits....

“Saudi Arabia is following Sharia law and anyone who violates the law by bringing drugs into Saudi Arabia will be punished by the law."

- Yet billions of Naira enters the Kingdom through religious terrorism abi tourism.

Buhari has to retaliate

Naija9090:
Have Abike called out the name "Kudirat Afolabi"

"Kudirat Afolabi" ke trafficking drugs? The Saudis must have spelled the name wrong or she must be from Ghana and not Nigeria







Nigerians with such names are saints and cannot commit crime.

Yet, such names are the biggest looters in government that have turned Nigeria from a very wealthy country to the poverty capital of the world.

Where is Abike Dabiri.
See another Nigerian by the name KUDIRAT AFOLABI

clarocuzioo:


Yeah the same way you have condemned Tinubu and Kashamu.

Hypocrisy runs in their blood.

Spits....

Smoke responsibly...



-Lion

AbaLion:
If the kingdom of Saudi could mutilate a jamal khashoggi, who then is a kudirat, Aminu, or an Emeka whose head would roll on the floor within a blink of an eye for such grave a crime against the sharia law.
If this development could generate this much general uproar given the fact that it was linked to an individual from a region which is very unusually reputed for such a crime, speaks much volumes of our iboe folks who have imbibed the drug culture as a norm and a way of life. Which is why you hardly see them condemn the annual and bi monthly killings and harvesting of their blodas in their hundred of thousands in far away south Asian countries, south Africa, Indian and the middle east, after all hustle na hustle, so they claim.



-Lion

Noisemakers. So you expect igbo to shout when people break laws in faraway lands?
Well, pray and shout for these ones, maybe Saudi authorities will show mercy.
Onye isi mmebi.

AbaLion:

This is a one off. Iboes are the drug lords -- fact!



-Lion

Well,tinubu/kashamu have created a new breed.

AbaLion:

You celebrate drug culture in your region. You flaunt a wealth gotten at the risk of many lives. Yorubas don't, they condemn it in the strongest of terms.


-Lion

Where did you see such celebrations?
Have you lots not been dancing around tinubu, kashamu, huspuppi....

Gworo is classified as drugs in Saudi and it is illegal.
Nigerian muslims, take note.

nwanyionitsha nwanyiorisapost=77282741:
Noisemakers. So you expect igbo to shout when people break laws in faraway lands?
Well, pray and shout for these ones, maybe Saudi authorities will show mercy.
Onye isi mmebi.

Why are you suddenly shouting over your Dubai robbery?


-Lion

Preshy561:

Thought they said it's only Igbos that do drugs?

thats exactly what they said ..

nwanyionitsha nwanyioritsa:
Well,tinubu/kashamu have created a new breed.

Read and cure your stupidity


-Lion

AbaLion:

Read and cure your stupidity


-Lion

Fake news...

AbaLion:

Why are you suddenly shouting over your Dubai robbery?


-Lion

Nobody is shouting. Senseless tribalist mama known as abike dabiri eruwa or whatever wanted to sensationalize it forgeting the female beheaded and other afonjaic drug barons:tinubu and kashamus messengers.
See them here.