LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Human rights lawyers have filed an urgent appeal to try to prevent Nigerian authorities from executing a convicted armed robber by firing squad, two organizations said Thursday. The suit filed Wednesday argues it is unconstitutional to deny an appeal to the man sentenced by a military tribunal in 1995, when Nigeria was under a military dictatorship notorious for its unfair trials and torturing confessions from detainees. The lawyers said Thankgod Ebhos, 53, has...
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