Ninety-eight Nigerians jailed in Ethiopia set to be repatriated home

About 98 Nigerians serving situation sentences successful Ethiopia are acceptable to beryllium repatriated to Nigeria pursuing the signing of a captive transportation statement betwixt some countries.

The improvement was announced during a sojourn by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, to Nigerian inmates astatine Aba Samuel Prison successful Ethiopia, wherever she conveyed President Bola Tinubu’s assurance that the state had not abandoned them.

The agreement, signed successful Addis Ababa connected June 10, allows convicted Nigerians successful Ethiopian prisons to service the remainder of their jailhouse presumption successful Nigeria. Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, signed the pact connected behalf of Nigeria, portion Ethiopia’s Minister of Justice, Hanna Arayaselassie, signed for her country.

According to Ethiopian authorities, astir 98 inmates — including 2 women — are eligible for transportation nether the arrangement, provided they consent to the determination and person astatine slightest 1 twelvemonth remaining connected their sentences.

Addressing the inmates, Odumegwu-Ojukwu said the statement was a merchandise of the Tinubu administration’s national diplomacy argumentation and was guided by humanitarian considerations and practice betwixt some countries.

She disclosed that 4 Nigerian inmates died during the play of negotiations and ineligible proce...