Executions at Benin City are the nation's first in seven years after president called for more death warrants to be signed Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan called for more death warrants to be signed despite a voluntary moratorium in place across the country. Photograph: John Macdougall/AFP/Getty Images Four prisoners have been were hanged in southern Nigeria , on a day of executions that have divided government figures. Four men, Chima Ejiofor, Daniel Nsofor, Osarenmwinda Aiguokhan and Richard Igagu, were hanged at Benin City prison after a court had ordered their executions on Monday afternoon. Nigeria's attorney general, Mohammed...
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