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The Buhari-Idiagbon Retroactive Decree 20 Executions - Written By Yakubu Mohammed
The debate is by no means over. Not with six persons on the death row and the recent discovery of a cocaine shop somewhere in Surulere. But as it for the benefit of those who think that the kind of emotive debate that greeted the execution of Barthlomew Owoh, Lawal Ojulope and Bernard Ogedegbe can sway the goverment, Major General Tunde Idiagbon last week, with a tone of finality, let it be known that as far as death to cocaine traffickers is concerned, there is no going back. That seems to be it.

It does not make any sense to plead posthumously. Otherwise, the only persons that should have been shown some clemency were the unfortunate trio. There was no death penalty for the offences they committed at the time of the commission. The decree took retroactive effect and, therefore what was not a crime punishable by death when they were caught became an offence for which they had to die. It made their death pathetic. By bringing their execution through the television to the homes of Nigerians who would normally want to be spared such horrible spectacle, their sense of pity and outrage was aroused. This helped to sharpen the debate of death penalty.

But it must be clear by now to all those who have even a nodding acquaintance with the psychology of a military regime that wants to present a no-nonsense public image, that public debate, the type that gained currency following the execution of April 10, cannot change the mind of the government.

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And this is the dictator i am being goaded to support. We shall all live to recount deeds of his second coming. Even the man himself is pleasntly suprised at his luck.

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And this is the dictator i am being goaded to support. We shall all live to recount deeds of his second coming. Even the man himself is pleasntly suprised at his luck.

Them dey chop am back to back full dozen now, ee tell dem dem no hear. Dey don use their mumu affect us wey we no as e dey go