NIGERIA: ANYAOKU, IG, OTHERS OPPOSE DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS

in Nigeria, the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mike Okiro, and former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Emeka Anyaoku, opposed capital punishment for kidnappers. Although Anyaoku and Okiro expressed sadness over the "commercialisation" of hostage-taking in the country, both said that Nigeria should not promote capital punishment as the rest of the world moves away from the practice.