GOMEP-NG Urges Legal Intervention For 89-year-old Facing Death Sentence

The Guild of Online Media Editors and Publishers of Nigeria (GOMEP-NG) has urged lawyers, rights groups and the authorities in southeastern Nigeria to review the case of an 89-year-old man reportedly facing execution after nearly a decade in custody. The group said Pa Everestus Okereke and his eldest son, Ugochukwu, were sentenced to death by hanging in September 2022 over a 2016 incident in Imo State that reportedly resulted in the death of another man. GOMEP-NG, in a statement signed by its president, Akpovoke Otiti, said it was not seeking…

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