Nigeria: Further information on fear of extrajudicial executions / prisoner of conscience and new concerns: prisoners of conscience / health concern / legal concern

Alhaja Kudirat Abiola (f), aged 44, businesswoman, Moshood Abiola, aged 58, winner of 1993 presidential elections and new names: Alhaji Ganiyu Dawodu, aged 63, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, aged 69, former Senator Abraham Adesanya, aged 74: AI believes that three senior members of the National Democratic Coalition, arrested in connection with the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, are prisoners of conscience detained on account of their non-violent political views. The three remain in detention, uncharged and in conditions seriously prejudicial to their health, despite a court ruling ordering their release.

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