FG moves to repatriate over 100 Nigerians in Ethiopian prisons

By Favour Ulebor, Abuja
The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to repatriate more than 100 Nigerian prisoners currently serving jail terms in Ethiopia following a bilateral prisoner transfer agreement between both countries.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu, disclosed this on Wednesday in a post on her X handle while in Addis Ababa for the signing of the Transfer of Sentenced Persons Agreement between Nigeria and Ethiopia.
Odumegwu-Ojukwu said she travelled alongside the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), for the agreement, which is aimed at enabling convicted nationals of both countri...