FG Finally Clears The Air Concerning The Nigerian Woman Who Was Executed in Saudi Arabia

— The Federal Government on Friday said that drugs was actually hidden in the body of Kudirat Afolabi, the Nigerian woman that was executed in Saudi Arabia on April 1.

— FG also links her case to the syndicates operating at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.

This was announced by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Relations and the Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, while speaking to newsmen in Lagos on Friday.

She made it clear that the clarification became necessary in a bid to clear the air regarding the circumstances leading to the execution of the Nigerian.

The late Afolabi was executed alongside two Pakistani men and one Yemeni man, bringing the total number of people killed by Saudi Arabia this year alone to 53.

There had been attempts, especially in the social media, to link Afolabi’s fate with the activities of alleged syndicates operating at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano.

The syndicate allegedly specialises in planting drugs in the baggage of unsuspecting travelers.

Mrs Abike-Dabiri, however, said Afolabi did not belong to the list of seven who are suspected to have fallen victim of the four-man gang hard drugs planting syndicate.

“There are some people caught in Kano, but those they allegedly gave the drugs to are yet to face trials in Saudi.

“What we can now do is to prevail on the Saudi authority that those people awaiting trials in their country are among the victims of the Kano syndicate.

“If Nigeria can do this, through National Drugs and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigerian mission in Saudi Arabia, they might not even be charged to court.

“Ms Afolabi was one of those drugs were found in their bodies. They were 20 in number. They are the ones on the death roll, as drugs were found in their bodies, including their private parts.

“In their case, the Saudis do not appear to waste so much time on them. What is on social media that the lady could have been saved was incorrect.

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“There was no way we could have done that. She was found with drugs in her body; just like the other 20.

“Who knows, maybe if the NDLEA forward their information to the Saudis that some of these people might be innocent of the crime, they might not even go on trial.

“But we must continue to move fast and in harmony, so that we ensure the innocents are not unjustly punished,” she concluded.