His execution has been scheduled for Friday November 18th except the president of the country pardons him...full report after the cut...
The family of Nigerian man on death row in Singapore for possession of drugs, Chijioke Stephen Obioha said on Wednesday, that his
appeal for clemency has been rejected and he is set to be executed on
Friday, November 18.
Amnesty International has called on the Singapore government to immediately halt the execution
"The Singapore government still has time to halt the execution of
Chijoke Stephen Obioha," the Human Rights agency said on Wednesday.
"We are dismayed that clemency has not been
granted in his case but remain hopeful that they won’t carry out this
cruel and irreversible punishment against a person sentenced to the
mandatory death penalty for a crime that should not even be punished by
death," said Rafendi Djamin, Amnesty International’s Director for
Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
"The death penalty is never the solution. It will not rid Singapore
of drugs. By executing people for drug-related offences, which do not
meet the threshold of most serious crimes, Singapore is violating
international law. Most of the world has turned its back on this
ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. It is about time that
Singapore does the same, starting by restoring a moratorium on all
executions as a first step towards abolition of this punishment."
On
April 9, 2007, Chijioke Obioha, a University of Benin industrial
Chemistry graduate was found in possession of more than 2.6 kilograms of
cannabis, surpassing the amount of 500 grams that
triggers the automatic presumption of trafficking under Singapore law.