Nigeria: Stop Execution of Moses Akatugba Deadline for Online Action!- ASAP
In
2005 Moses Akatugba was just another 16-year-old student in Nigeria
anxiously awaiting his exam results, when his life was changed forever. On 27 November,
Moses was arrested by the Nigerian army, who allegedly shot him in the
hand and beat him during the arrest. Moses was charged with stealing
three mobile phones. Moses
says that police officers beat him and hung him upside down. They
pulled out his fingernails and toenails, before forcing him to sign
"confessions" written by the police. Now,
after eight years in prison, Moses, a promising student who planned to
study medicine at uni, has been sentenced to death by hanging. Click here or here or both to tell the authorities that Moses must not face the death sentence.
In
2005 Moses Akatugba was just another 16-year-old student in Nigeria
anxiously awaiting his exam results, when his life was changed forever. On 27 November,
Moses was arrested by the Nigerian army, who allegedly shot him in the
hand and beat him during the arrest. Moses was charged with stealing
three mobile phones. Moses
says that police officers beat him and hung him upside down. They
pulled out his fingernails and toenails, before forcing him to sign
"confessions" written by the police. Now,
after eight years in prison, Moses, a promising student who planned to
study medicine at uni, has been sentenced to death by hanging. Click here or here or both to tell the authorities that Moses must not face the death sentence.