Amnesty Int'l pleads for clemency as Nigerian man is set to be executed in Singapore for drug trafficking on Nov. 18th

Amnesty Int'l pleads for clemency as Nigerian man is set to be executed in Singapore for drug trafficking on Nov. 18th

The Singapore government has fixed November 18th as the date for the execution of Nigerian man, Chijioke Stephen Obioha, who was arrested for drug trafficking on April 9th 2007.

Chijioke was arraigned in a court in Singapore on December 30th 2008 and was sentenced to death for the crime which attracts capital punishment in Singapore. Chijioke was found with over 2.6 kilograms of cannabis when he was arrested.