The Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has called for the abolition of death sentence in Nigeria, stressing that the focus should be on reformation and not killing.
Okowa made the call in Asaba when he received members of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy led by Mr William Alo.
The governor insisted that Nigeria had grown beyond the point where emphasis would be on capital punishment, stressing that the focus should be on reforming those who have committed various degrees of offences or crimes.
“We need to ask ourselves if death sentence is still relevant in our society? In many states, many governors are not ready to sign the death warrant.
“Why are they not signing the death warrant? The world is moving away from death sentence,” he said.
While decrying the overpopulation of Nigerian prisons, Okowa urged…
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