Presidential candidate of African Renaissance Party, ARP, Alhaji Yahaya Ndu has promised that his party will end death penalty in the country if elected in the April elections. Alhaji Ndu made the commitment following a letter sent to him and other 17 presidential candidates by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP.

Responding to SERAP’s letter, the ARP candidate in a statement said: “May it be in your good records that if elected in the April elections, I, Alhaji Yahaya Ndu, the presidential candidate of ARP will adopt official moratorium to stop the application of the death penalty in Nigeria; ensure the legal and constitutional recognition of legally enforceable economic, social and cultural rights; ensure the full and effective implementation of the ECOWAS Court judgement declaring that Nigerians are entitled to a legally enforceable rights to education; and end impunity for human rights violations in the country.”