Indonesia yesterday executed three Nigerians and one Indonesian out of 14 on death row for drugs crimes by firing squad.
The remaining 10 are expected to be put to death in the coming days, according to BBC. At press time, the government was yet to confirm which of the prisoners have been put to death.  However, an official quoted by the AFP news agency said they were three Nigerians and an Indonesian. They were executed shortly after midnight local time.
The Community Legal Aid Institute, which advocates for the convicts, had earlier said the convicts facing execution were four Indonesians, six Nigerians, two Zimbabweans, one Indian and one Pakistani.  Local and international human rights groups have urged Indonesian President Joko Widodo to halt the impending executions.
Human rights organisation Amnesty International condemned the executions as a “deplorable act that violates international and Indonesian law,” BBC reported. Indonesia has faced intense criticism internationally for resuming executions.
Four Nigerians were among fourteen, mostly foreign, drug convicts executed last year to widespread condemnation. Yesterday execution, the third round of executions under President Joko Widodo, took place at Nusakambangan Prison Island. “The execution was at 00:45,” an unnamed source was as quoted by Indonesia’s Antara news agency.
Yesterday, families of six Nigerians and eight others on death row were granted last visits yesterday as their executions loomed, a lawyer said. The lawyer, Antonius Karwayu, who represented two of the convicts, had said that the convicts could face a firing squad at the Nusa Kambangan prison complex off the coast of Java yesterday.
Karwayu said: “The families have been notified that there would be executions and the convicts had been asked for their last wishes. “Their families were given until 3pm today (yesterday) to visit them so it is likely that the executions would be carried out tonight.”
At the time Karwayuspoke, the Attorney General’s office had not announced a date for the executions but spokesman Muhammad Rum confirmed that 14 convicts would be executed soon.
“I have only been informed of those three names,” he said.
In 2015 Indonesia executed 14 death-row convicts in a move that drew criticism from the United Nations and the European Union.
According to the Indonesian Justice Ministry, about 121 people are currently on death row in Indonesia, including 35 foreigners, mainly for drug-related crimes. President Joko has taken a tough stance against drug trafficking since his election in 2014, saying the country is facing a drug emergency.