I will weep if woman executed, says president

Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said he would weep if a single mother sentenced to death

I will weep if woman executed, says president

But he said he had faith the courts would overturn her sentence.

Obasanjo’s comments appeared to confirm he would not intervene directly in the case, despite an international outcry.

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