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Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has sought Federal Government’s intervention to release Sulaimon Olufemi, who was sentenced to death in 2005 by a Saudi Arabian court for the alleged murder of a policeman in Jeddah in 2002.
National President of CDHR, Malachy Ugwummadu, made the request in a letter dated August 19, 2019, and addressed to Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja.
He noted that notwithstanding his insistence on his innocence, OIufemi has been incarcerated at a Dhaban prison in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia under daily threat of execution, having exhausted all legal avenues for appeal.
The group said information at its disposal indicated that during Olufemi’s pre-trial detention and trial, he was not allowed access to a lawyer or consular assistance and was not given adequate translation or interpretation facilities.