Eight Nigerian nationals have so far been killed in Saudi Arabia on drugs related offences.
This revelation was made on Tuesday by the Chairman of the National Diaspora Commission, Mrs. Abike Dabiri, to State House journalists while speaking on the execution of a Nigerian woman in Saudi Arabia over drug trafficking.
According to report, a middle-age Nigerian woman was executed by the Saudi Arabian government after she was convicted of drug trafficking by the ultra-conservative state on Monday.
Dabiri lamented the execution of the Nigerians, saying 20 others are on death row awaiting execution over drug offences.
While appealing to Saudi Arabian authorities to ensure that the Nigerians on death row are given fair hearing, she urged Nigerians to always be good ambassadors of their country adding that the five Nigerians involved in armed robbery case in Dubai are a disgrace to Nigeria.
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