{"id":504,"date":"2024-09-14T06:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-14T05:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/?p=504"},"modified":"2024-09-14T06:59:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-14T05:59:13","slug":"nigerian-on-death-row-in-indonesia-freed-after-many-years-in-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/?p=504","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian on Death Row in Indonesia Freed After Many Years in Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chairman\/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has announced the release of Emmanuel Ihejirika, a Nigerian previously sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia. After several years in prison, his freedom was secured thanks to the pro bono legal efforts of Washington D.C.-based Nigerian lawyer, Emmanuel Isha Ogebe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"388\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/youdonhear.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DRUG-TRAFFICKING.jpeg?resize=388%2C248&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/youdonhear.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DRUG-TRAFFICKING.jpeg?w=388&amp;ssl=1 388w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/youdonhear.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/DRUG-TRAFFICKING.jpeg?resize=300%2C192&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a meeting in Washington D.C., Dabiri-Erewa praised Ogebe for his selfless dedication in taking up Ihejirika\u2019s case, which he pursued up to the Indonesian Supreme Court. Years earlier, Dabiri-Erewa, as part of a delegation led by former Foreign Minister Ojo Madueke, had also pleaded for clemency for 21 Nigerians on death row in Indonesia. Despite four executions, including those of an Indonesian and British citizen, Ogebe\u2019s persistent legal intervention led to Ihejirika\u2019s release in December, as his case was believed to involve mistaken identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chairman\/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has announced the release of Emmanuel Ihejirika, a Nigerian previously sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia. After several years in prison, his freedom was secured thanks to the pro bono legal efforts of Washington D.C.-based Nigerian lawyer, Emmanuel Isha Ogebe. During a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-story","category-crime"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/images-2024-09-14T065746.831.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":507,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions\/507"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdonhear.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}