The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia has expressed that all legal procedures were in place before the execution of the Nigerian Woman identified as Mrs Kudirat Adesola Afolabi, executed due to drug-related offences in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The Nigerian woman, according to the Saudi Embassy, was accorded every legal right before her death sentence was carried out.
Read the statement released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia below
“It is well-known for all those interested in travelling to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that the penalty for drug trafficking is the death sentence and the said sentence is applied on all persons convicted without any exceptions, as long as the evidence is established against them, and this is conveyed to every person prior to his trip to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia does not neglect the enforcement of penalties in terms of matters of drug trafficking and is determined to apply the law on any person against whom evidence is established in order to combat drug trafficking and protect its citizens from this dangerous menace.”
The Federal Government, however, frowned at the Saudi authorities for not informing the Nigerian Authorities of her arrest and prosecution early enough.