The Indonesian Ombudsman has concluded that there was “maladministration” in the execution of Nigerian Humphrey Jefferson Ejike Eleweke last year.

Ombudsman commissioner Ninik Rahayu told a Friday press briefing there had been “negligence and discrimination practiced by the Attorney General’s Office and the Supreme Court” in relation to Eleweke, who was executed in Central Java on July 29 last year for drug crimes.

Ninik said the execution of Eleweke did not comply with regulations. The execution took place while the convict was seeking clemency, she said.

Indonesia’s 2002 Law on Clemency stipulates that the execution of those seeking clemency cannot be carried out before the issuance of a presidential decree in relation to the appeal.
Another sign of maladministration, Ninik said, was that the Supreme Court was guilty of discrimination by rejecting a case review appeal filed by Eleweke without “a proper explanation.”

Eleweke was one of four drug convicts executed on July 29 last year, along with fellow countryman Michael Titus Igweh, Indonesian Freddy Budiman and Senegalese Seck Osmane.

Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said earlier this year that the government was mulling over carrying out a fourth batch of executions under the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. (ary)