The Nigerian Coalition of Women's Rights and Economic...

The Nigerian Coalition of Women's Rights and Economic Empowerment (CWREE) picked holes in the shari'ah court judgment that sentenced Safiya Hussaini, to death, saying that the death penalty runs counter to the constitution of all known international laws and conventions.
The CWREE called on the Sokoto government to urgently intervene in the controversial case before Hussaini is stoned to death as stipulated by the shari'ah court.
The publicity secretary of CWREE, Mrs Asabe Ndoma, in a statement issued in Kaduna [northern Nigeria] noted, "We women in northern states are constrained to issue this statement following a judgment delivered by the shari'ah Court in Sokoto, ordering the stoning to death of a nursing mother, Safiya Hussaini."
"We are not looking at the merits or demerits of the case, it baffles one that such a judgment was passed in the 21st century. We shudder at the judgment at the prospect of stoning a nursing mother to death in this century in Nigeria, because she was found guilty of allegedly committing adultery."
Ndoma added that the Sokoto State government should immediately intervene in the judgment.