Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences...

Nigeria urged Libya to commute the death sentences of a Nigerian and three Ghanaians convicted of a 1995 murder, a foreign ministry statement said.
The four west Africans could be executed as early as January 17, when a stay on their execution is due to expire, it said.
Nigeria's junior foreign minister, Dubem Onyia, has written to the Libyan authorities urging them to reduce the sentence against Nathaniel Notibo and the three Ghanaians to a jail term, it said.
"I wish to passionately appeal on behalf of the government and people of Nigeria for a gracious and timely intervention to save the lives of the affected persons," he said.
The four were convicted of killing Mohammed Nojeb Mustafa in the Libyan town of Ghat.