By implication of the warrant, the lives of Daniel Nsofor and Osayinwinde Agbomien have been handed over to the hangman and they can be sent to the gallows anytime.
Amnesty International, a global human rights group, raised the alarm on Monday that the inmates might have been executed and pleaded with the governor to spare their lives and allow their appeal to go through the judicial process.
Back home, a coalition of human rights groups and lawyers met in Abuja for several hours, Tuesday, brainstorming on how best to convince Oshiomhole to rescind his execution order and give the two condemned men another chance to live.
The crucial meeting, which was convened by lawyers under the auspices of Prison Reforms and Decongestion Initiative, met with officials of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, in Abuja and considered options available to save the lives of the two embattled men.
Vanguard gathered that at the meeting, the groups deliberated extensively on the powers of the governors to issue death warrants and came to the conclusion that apart from Lagos State where a court had ruled that it was illegal to kill by hanging and firing squad, other states still had the powers to do so.
Consequently, the group decided to send a letter to the Edo State Governor, pleading with him to temper justice with mercy by withdrawing the execution warrant in respect of the two men already condemned to death.
Additionally, they decided to meet the Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke, to intervene and halt the execution of the two men, since Nigeria had an existing moratorium on non-execution of death row prisoners.
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