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Two famous murder cases in Nigeria have resulted in the death penalty for the convicted people. In Abuja, the Federal Capital High Court sentenced Peter Nwachukwu to die by hanging over the murder of his wife, gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, who was initially believed to have died of throat cancer in April 2022. Judge Njosa Nwosu-Ime found him guilty of guilty homicide.
Meanwhile, in Lagos, the High Court in Tafawa Balewa Square sentenced BRT driver Andrew Ominikoron from rape and murder of 22 -year -old fashion designer Bamise Ayanwola. The incident occurred in February 2022 when Bamise disappeared after taking the BRT bus. Ominikoron was found guilty of the five accusations, including conspiracy, rape, and murder, and was also sentenced to death.
The findings by Metric Ripples show that reports from Amnesty International have placed Nigeria among the three top countries globally for the number of death sentences handed down in 2024, with more than 186 people sentenced to death by the Nigerian court.
The death penalty, also known as the death penalty, is a legal sentence in which a person is sentenced by the court to be executed as a punishment for crimes found guilty for committing. This is the most severe form of punishment that can be imposed by the legal system. The death penalty was passed by section 33 of the Nigerian constitution. Natled death means the court officially ordered that a person who was convicted sentenced to death as a punishment for crime.
This figure indicates the country’s ongoing dependence on the death penalty amid global demand which is increasing for its removal.
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Globally, Egypt leads the Grim Chart with 365 death penalties, accounting for the highest number recorded anywhere in the world. The figure of Egypt alone was almost doubled from Iraq, which was followed by 200+ death sentences. Nigeria calculations from 186+ placed it right behind both of them, in front of several countries with a long history of the death penalty.
African position in the global context
Africa has a strong presence in the statistics of the 2024 global death penalty, with five countries entering the last 18. After Egypt and Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Dr. Kongo) recorded 125+ deaths, the third highest among African countries and global eighth. Sudan also appeared in data with 30+ death penalties, while Mauritania, a country with a much smaller population, dropped 23+ death sentences.
This shows a regional trend: Although there is an increase in advocacy to eliminate the death penalty throughout Africa, the practice remains strong in some of the most politically densely dense and politically complex countries.
Global view
While African numbers are alarming, Asia remains represented in the top 18. Bangladesh dropped 165+ death penalties, placed it as a whole fourth. Yemen was followed by 152+, Vietnam with 150+, and India recorded 139. Other Asian countries included in the list were Pakistan (117+), Thailand (115), Indonesia (85+), Sri Lanka (25+), and Malaysia (24).
Meanwhile, the United States, only Western countries on the list, recorded 26 death penalties in 2024. This figure, although lower compared to prominent countries, highlighted the use of sustainable American capital punishment -scarcity among Western democratic countries. Even so, it fell far below the level observed in several African and Asian countries.
The continued application of the death penalty in Nigeria and his African colleagues raises a deep concern among human rights groups. In Nigeria, the prison system is overwhelmed, with hundreds of people languishing in the death sentence without appeal on time or their case review. With more than two-thirds of the world countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice, the persistence of the death penalty in countries such as Nigeria, Egypt, and Dr. Kongo reflected the disturbing resistance to the global trend.
By: James Odunayo
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