Offenses punishable by death include armed robbery, murder, treason, conspiracy to treason, treachery, fabricating false evidence leading to the conviction to death of an innocent person, aiding suicide of a child or lunatic; and under Sharia Law zina (adultery), rape, sodomy, incest, witchcraft and juju offences.
[4] The methods of executions include hanging, firing squad, stoning, and since 2015, lethal injection.
[9] On 17 December 2014, after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit mutiny, 54 Nigerian soldiers were sentenced to death by firing squad.
[13] In 2017, the Nigerian government rejected the call by Amnesty International to halt the planned execution of some inmates in Lagos State.
[2] In May 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, a court in Lagos used a video conferencing application to issue a death sentence.