Switzerland has faulted Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State on the signing the death warrants of four prisoners executed earlier this year and the signing into law a bill prescribing death penalty for kidnappers.
The Human Security Adviser of the Embassy of Switzerland in Abuja, Mr. Pascal Holliger, condemned the governor's actions in an interview with our correspondent yesterday after an international training programme for journalists organised by the Gmedia Centre at 15, Rue des Savoises, 1205 Geneva, CH as part of the 17th session of the Universal Periodic Review, UPR, of the Working Group of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
Holliger said the Swiss government was deeply concerned and worried about the little regard for human life in Edo State.
He said: "The Government of Switzerland is very concerned about the actions of Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State because Nigeria has consistently in the past few years been giving signs that it was inclined towards honouring the moratorium."
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