Amnesty International has urged the Federal and State Governments to abolish the death penalty.

Programmes Manager of Amnesty International, Barbara Magaji, made the call Thursday, October 16,2025, in Abuja, during a stakeholders dialogue organised by the organisation, in collaboration with the French Embassy in Nigeria, to commemorate the World Day Against Death Penalty.

Magaji stressed the need to remove all provisions in national and state laws that violate international human rights law, particularly provisions that allow the death penalty.

She also urged the government to ensure that the criminal justice system was sufficiently resourced and capable of investigating crimes effectively, adding that the law should be able to support victims and guarantee fair trials without recourse to the death penalty.

According to her, the Federal Government should, through the National Assembly, consider the abolition of the death penalty for all crimes in the ongoing Nigerian Constitutional Amendment process.