Gambian president had announced on
August 19 that his government planned to execute all the prisoners on death-row
by the middle of September. Nine of the original 47 inmates on death row were
shot dead by firing squad on August 28. All nine had been convicted on murder
charges.
But on Saturday suspended its plan to
execute two Nigerians, Micheal Ifunaya and Stanley Agbaeze, and
nationals of some other African countries.
Nigerians launched a drive to raise thousands of signatures for an online petition to President Goodluck Jonathan to pressurize him to save the death-row inmates.
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