Nigerian Man Chijoke Obioha Caught With Cannabis In Singapore Has Been Executed

Nigerian death row convict, Chijoke Stephen
Obioha was executed in Singapore early this
morning, after the Court of Appeal
dismissed an Urgent Criminal Motion filed
by his lawyer, Mr Joseph Chen, yesterday.
The Singapore Anti-Death Penalty Campaign
member, Mr Ravi, who is assisting Mr
Joseph with the research for the case, took
to his Facebook page an hour ago to
announce the news.
“This morning, at 6am, the execution of
Chijioke Stephen Obioha took place. I am
not even sure if his family from Nigeria
were able to attend. Soon it will be all
forgotten together with Chijioke’s name,
but for the many of us who fight and
campaign to eradicate this barbaric
practice of death by hanging, and for
those of us who challenge the mandatory
death penalty for drug trafficking in
Singapore, our work will go on. And it
must.”

UPDATE:
I’m currently arranging with
the Roman Catholic Prison Ministry
( RCPM) to claim the body of Chijioke
from the Singapore Prisons Service for a
proper funeral in accordance with his
religious beliefs.The funeral will take
place either today or tomorrow
depending on how soon the SPS could
release the body.
Will keep you posted”
Chijoke was first arrested in 2007 and
sentenced to the Mandatory Death Penalty
in 2008 after being found guilty of
trafficking more than 2kg of Cannabis.
His execution tomorrow will bring and end
to possibly the longest delay between
sentencing and execution. Chijoke has spent
almost 8 years on death row and more than
9 years behind bars.