Ogun State has approved
the lifting of a moratorium on cases relating to capital punishment as
part of measures to fast track dispensation of justice in the state.
This was revealed when the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olumide Ayeni, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Information and Strategy, Dayo Adeneye, briefed journalists after the 31st weekly Executive Council Meeting, presided by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in Abeokuta on Monday.
According to the attorney general, the pronouncement was in accordance with a recent directive of
the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Council of States meeting ‘in relation to death penalty.’
This was revealed when the Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olumide Ayeni, and his counterpart in the Ministry of Information and Strategy, Dayo Adeneye, briefed journalists after the 31st weekly Executive Council Meeting, presided by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in Abeokuta on Monday.
According to the attorney general, the pronouncement was in accordance with a recent directive of
the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Council of States meeting ‘in relation to death penalty.’