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Letter circulates confirming names of 14 to be executed
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Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel join police in guarding the Wijaya Pura Dock area of the Nusakambangan prison island in Cilacap, Central Java, on July 28. A source from the Central Java Prosecutor's Office confirms the executions of 14 drug convicts are to take place in the early hours of Friday. (Antara Foto/Idhad Zakaria)
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mid the tight control of information about President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's third round of executions, Indonesian journalists have obtained the list of 14 names of people slated to be killed by firing squad early on Friday.
In a letter signed by National Police traffic corps chief Brig. Gen. Agung Budi Maryoto, six Nigerians are mentioned, along with two Zimbabweans, one Indian, one Pakistani and four Indonesians.
The six Nigerians listed are Eugene Ape, Humphrey Ejike, Mikae Titus Igweh, Okonkwo Nongso Kongleys, Obinna Nwajagu, and Gajetan Acena Seck Osmane. They were all arrested for drug trafficking in 2002 or 2003.
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The two Zimbabweans are Ozias Sibanda and Federik Luttar. The Indian citizen is Gurdip Singh, and the Pakistani is Zulfikar Ali.
Meanwhile, the Indonesian citizens to be executed Friday are Pujo Lestari, Agus Hadi, Meri Utami and Freddy Budiman. (ags)
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Editor's note: revision on Gajetan Acena Seck Osmane's nationality. He was a Nigerian, not a South African as previously written.
