H Hope Behind Bars Africa Death Penalty Transparency Monitor

Live Death Row Tracker

Every recorded individual sentenced to death in Nigeria. Select a row for the full case file.

Death row population by state
Abia — 51 recorded Adamawa — 31 recorded Akwa Ibom — 54 recorded Anambra — 121 recorded Bauchi — 71 recorded Bayelsa — 14 recorded Benue — 61 recorded Borno — 84 recorded Cross River — 58 recorded Delta — 129 recorded Ebonyi — 17 recorded Edo — 141 recorded Ekiti — 33 recorded Enugu — 108 recorded FCT — 49 recorded Gombe — 21 recorded Imo — 99 recorded Jigawa — 19 recorded Kaduna — 241 recorded Kano — 286 recorded Katsina — 79 recorded Kebbi — 22 recorded Kogi — 36 recorded Kwara — 47 recorded Lagos — 412 recorded Nasarawa — 29 recorded Niger — 66 recorded Ogun — 96 recorded Ondo — 44 recorded Osun — 41 recorded Oyo — 152 recorded Plateau — 88 recorded Rivers — 168 recorded Sokoto — 38 recorded Taraba — 18 recorded Yobe — 24 recorded Zamfara — 27 recorded
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Case
State
Offence
Sentenced
Days
Status
NG-DR-0021
Rivers
Armed robbery
22 Nov 2017
3,129
Court of Appeal