WHO WILL EXECUTE CONDEMNED GOVERNORS?
PHOTO: MR. OKEY NDIBE. Last week, whilst reading an essay and half-listening to the AIT’s news broadcast on my computer, I was so startled by an item in the broadcast that I dropped the essay and focused on the news. The startling news that compelled my attention was this: that, as a means of decongesting the prisons, Nigerian governors wanted to expedite the execution of condemned criminals. I looked up in time to see Governor Theodore Orji of Abia speaking to reporters on the issue. I wanted to write down Mr. Orji’s exact words, but couldn’t find a pen quickly enough. But the next day, the Tribune reported on the matter. In the words of the paper, “The National Economic Council (NEC), presided over by the Acting President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, resolved that all condemned criminals should be executed, as the government explored ways to decongest the nation’s prisons.” It continued: “Briefing State House correspondents on the decision of the council after the meeting, Gover
