Nigeria’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, has confirmed that four Nigerian inmates imprisoned in Ethiopia have died in custody, while several others are critically ill. The minister said that the Nigerian Government has finalised arrangements to transfer convicted Nigerians back home from Ethiopia to serve the remainder of their jail terms.

President Tinubu dispatches a delegation to Ethiopia to repatriate nearly 300 Nigerian prisoners held in deteriorating conditions, many on drug charges.

The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to repatriate more than 100 Nigerian prisoners currently serving jail terms in Ethiopia following a bilateral prisoner transfer…