According to a report on Fairfax Media/SMH, a Nigerian man who is facing execution in Indonesia within days tearfully told a court that police electrocuted his genitals to force him to confess to possessing heroin.

Michael Titus Igweh, a clothe importer is among several prisoners on death row whom lawyers and human rights groups are frantically lobbying to save from the firing squad amid claims they were tortured and their legal cases riddled with corruption, errors and miscarriages of justice.



"I was constantly beaten, and my genitals electrocuted until I was helpless," the clothes importer, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for possessing 5.8 kilograms of heroin, told the Tangerang District Court. "In fact, I was threatened to be shot."

The third wave of executions in Indonesia could be held within days. It is understood the Nigerian and Pakistani embassies have now been notified that their nationals are among those to be killed

Indonesian Attorney-General Muhammad Prasetyo reiterated on Friday, July 22, the executions would be "soon" and would include Indonesians and possibly a woman. Mr Prasetyo had earlier said prisoners from Nigeria and Zimbabwe would be among those targeted.

Indonesian human rights group Imparsial said an anti-death penalty coalition would present the staff of Indonesian President Joko Widodo with a list of about seven death row prisoners who had faced unfair trials and miscarriages of justice.

"It is very dangerous to carry out executions when the legal system is fragile and riddled with corruption, error, manipulation and collusion," Imparsial executive director Al Araf said.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court last week rejected an application for a case review into the case of Mr Igweh. His lawyer, Sitor Situmorang, told Fairfax Media that Supreme Court judges should try cases based on the law and not to achieve popularity or appear tough.

"We accepted Michael's case because we saw it had merit. Out of the many requests from prisoners on Nusakambangan, we only took this," Mr Sitor said.

He said Mr Igweh's conviction was based on the testimony of two alleged accomplices, Marlena and Izuchukwu Okoloaja, who died in police custody and could therefore not testify in court.

"We believe Marlena and Okoloaja gave Michael's name just so the police would stop torturing them," he said. "They were healthy when they were arrested, they had no history of illness, they all just suddenly died while in police custody. We all know what that means."

In a further ominous sign the executions could be just days away, prison visits have this week been suspended to the penal island of Nusakambangan, where the prisoners will be strapped to wooden posts and shot in a field.

Fourteen drug offenders were executed in Indonesia last year, including Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, sparking an international backlash.
However the Indonesian government insists executions are necessary to combat a so-called drugs emergency.

"The public want it to be done soon," Attorney-General Prasetyo said on Friday. "We are getting more informed now and can see how drugs have affected our younger generation. We could just lose a generation."


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Oboy!

"We believe Marlena and Okoloaja gave Michael's name just so the police would stop torturing them

Just Imagine!

"We accepted Michael's case because we saw it had merit. Out of the many requests from prisoners on Nusakambangan, we only took this," Mr Sitor said.

This man must have Angels watching over him

Pathetic, may GOD save you..............................In order news, he is a 'JEW'
NCAN please note.

I don't know who to believe since these JEWISH-Nigerians
are specialist in the business.

Anyway, I was here to take record

Indonesia Castrated one of the Igweh Sons by Dick-Electrocution ? ! ....

I am heading to the KweZwenu Palace right away.....

OK

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gulfer:
Pathetic, may GOD save you..............................In order news, he is a 'JEW'
NCAN please note.

Make una leave drug peddling Biko nu!

They are after the JEWS...........

Dis one na serious issue oo

Jesus is Lord.

What's that his name again?

Which dirty cloth importer he dey form. Abeg kill dem all so odas from d south yeast can learn. How someone will smuggle drugs to a country where death penalty is d punishment is practiced i no understand. Its all about building one silly mansion in d village nd carrying jeep to village to show off dem sabi. Kill dem all

I came to check names.

May we never see any case that will take us to the police station,,no problems @all to limit our freedom by making us to end up in prison..just give us our daily bread n forgive us our trespasses in jesus name(AMEN)

What for ?

This law stipulating capital punishment for drug related offenses is very harsh.

From the story here, it is obvious Igweh was not found with drugs rather his name was only mentioned by two suspects under torture who later died under police custody exposing how badly their law enforcement agents handle drug suspects.

No testimony against Igweh in court, no evidence, yet they want to kill him. This is so unfair.

.

Reason why I will never travel to any of these countries in Asia. The police and some wicked fellows do frame innocent visitors and make them write statements under duress.

They are more corrupt than Nigerians
God help him

If Indonesia no kill you, naija people go kill you here today for being an igbo man!! Wait make they wake up come confirm your name!
So either way you're a dead man.

persecution

Jews again

Nawa oo...God still need this man alive many innocent pple have died professing crime they did not commit due to torture...make we no c wahala.

ooops, Indonesia and Execution are like.................

Same is suppose to be applied to NDA

I AM NOT DISAPPOINTED

FLATTY AGAIN

NCAN Federation go show face now

[quote author=Kolababe post=47866680]According to a report on Fairfax Media/SMH, a Nigerian man who is facing execution in Indonesia within days tearfully told a court that police electrocuted his genitals to force him to confess to possessing heroin.

Michael Titus Igweh, a clothe importer is among several prisoners on death row whom lawyers and human rights groups are frantically lobbying to save from the firing squad amid claims they were tortured and their legal cases riddled with corruption, errors and miscarriages of justice.



"I was constantly beaten, and my genitals electrocuted until I was helpless," the clothes importer, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for possessing 5.8 kilograms of heroin, told the Tangerang District Court. "In fact, I was threatened to be shot."

The third wave of executions in Indonesia could be held within days. It is understood the Nigerian and Pakistani embassies have now been notified that their nationals are among those to be killed

Indonesian Attorney-General Muhammad Prasetyo reiterated on Friday, July 22, the executions would be "soon" and would include Indonesians and possibly a woman. Mr Prasetyo had earlier said prisoners from Nigeria and Zimbabwe would be among those targeted.

Indonesian human rights group Imparsial said an anti-death penalty coalition would present the staff of Indonesian President Joko Widodo with a list of about seven death row prisoners who had faced unfair trials and miscarriages of justice.

"It is very dangerous to carry out executions when the legal system is fragile and riddled with corruption, error, manipulation and collusion," Imparsial executive director Al Araf said.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court last week rejected an application for a case review into the case of Mr Igweh. His lawyer, Sitor Situmorang, told Fairfax Media that Supreme Court judges should try cases based on the law and not to achieve popularity or appear tough.

"We accepted Michael's case because we saw it had merit. Out of the many requests from prisoners on Nusakambangan, we only took this," Mr Sitor said.

He said Mr Igweh's conviction was based on the testimony of two alleged accomplices, Marlena and Izuchukwu Okoloaja, who died in police custody and could therefore not testify in court.

"We believe Marlena and Okoloaja gave Michael's name just so the police would stop torturing them," he said. "They were healthy when they were arrested, they had no history of illness, they all just suddenly died while in police custody. We all know what that means."

In a further ominous sign the executions could be just days away, prison visits have this week been suspended to the penal island of Nusakambangan, where the prisoners will be strapped to wooden posts and shot in a field.

Fourteen drug offenders were executed in Indonesia last year, including Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, sparking an international backlash.
However the Indonesian government insists executions are necessary to combat a so-called drugs emergency.

"The public want it to be done soon," Attorney-General Prasetyo said on Friday. "We are getting more informed now and can see how drugs have affected our younger generation. We could just lose a generation.

So you'd rather execute them by firing squad rather than lose a generation to drugs Where is the sense in this