SIR: I have read with keen interest reactions to the recent executions in Indonesia and I am left wondering why all the initial cry for their pardon. Indonesia is a country where drug traficking, stealing and corruption are regarded as serious crimes. Indonesia is a fast developing society. Strict implementation of this kind of punishment for most crimes committed in the country have aided their development.
I recommend this for Nigeria if we want to get out of the political and economic qangmire we have found ourselves. Those that commits crime againt the state should be made and seen to face the full wrath of the law. A situation where one is charged and found guilty for laudering N25billion but is given a sentence of paying N25million or N250million will rather encourage money laundering, breed pepertual inequality, poverty, unemployement and underdevelopment.
I expect the incoming government of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.) to put up a strong
case for criminal justice reform. Let the punishment fit the crime.
• Okorie Emmanuel Uchechukwu,
Makurdi, Benue State