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Nigeria in Diaspora Commission, has reiterated its commitment to rescue Nigerians on death row in abroad.
Chairperson of the commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa stated this when the family of a Nigerian, Sulaimon Olufemi, sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday, in Lagos approached (NIDCOM) seeking its intervention to save him.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Sulaimon was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia in 2002, for reportedly being part of a mob that killed a Saudi Arabian police officer.
The head of the Olufemi family, Mr Olabode Olufemi, at a meeting with NIDCOM chairperson, Mrs. Dabiri-Erewa, said that before his departure for Saudi Arabia, Sulaimon was never a trouble maker.
Dabiri-Erewa however said that the Association of Nigerians in Diaspora in Saudi Arabia, NIDCOM and Ministry of Foreign Affairs would develop synergy on the rescue mission.
“ We are hopeful that Sulaimon would be saved through the clemency of the victim’s daughter, who was 18 years old when the incident happened.
