Indonesia disregarded last-minute appeals and executed 8 drug traffickers including 4 Nigerians. Pictures of the dead being buried and details from their last minutes before being executed have been released to the media.
According to the pastors who were with them in their final hours, Andrew Chan, Myuran Sukumaran and the other 6 death row inmates declined to wear blindfolds and were singing as they were shot by a 13-member firing squad in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
The 8 men chose to face their executioners and spent their last minutes on earth praising God and singing songs which included 'Amazing Grace'.
On Wednesday morning, Pastor Christie Buckingham - who read Chan and Sukumaran their last rites - said the 8 death row inmates walked out onto the killing field singing religious songs in the
moments before they were executed.
Pastor Buckingham said the men conducted themselves with 'dignity and strength until the end'. Another pastor, Karina de Vega, said it was a 'beautiful experience'.
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| Execution ground |
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| The bodies being carried to be buried |
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| Families mourn |
138 comments:
It's just so disheartening! @ Nigerians, there are better things you can do with your lives than drugs.. please. Micah 2:1
LORD pls accept their souls in your kingdom....Amen!
Sad. Really sad
May their souls rest in peace. Linda take note!
Hummm.. my condolences to d families.RIP to d dead. Hope others will learn from this. #SayNoToDrugTrafficking.
May dere souls rest in peace...a Big Amen
Phew! Quite heart rendering.
May their souls rest in peace.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
RIP TO DEM, A LESSON FOR ALL...TOMJERRYSWIT
Goodnight! RIP
Such a pity
Aunty linda i hv been weeping since yesterday! Dis is so touching! May God accept dem. Lolo1
It's a pity.
Ha oh my God, I feel so bad. May God aspect their souls. So upon all d pleadings, it all fell on deaf ears. God is watching
Rip to the dead
Igbos don't Bury their dead outside igbo land, ship our dead to us don't insult our ancestors after killing us pls
Pastor has spoken. Lol
So painful. May the Lord accept their soul at his bosom.
May their souls rest in peace;
Thank God they found God @ d last hour...
Good for them. Crime don't pay handwork do.
Drug traffickers, death by firing squad awaits you.
Drug peddling has rendered many people useless. It should be condemed at all cost. Its unfortunate they ended in such a tragic manner.
I pray they make heaven................. RIP
Heart so heavy....so touching.# tears dropped # amazing grace #
Linda, you just made me cry now. This is really sad. But I'm happy they were already with God even before they died.
Really sad indeed. I don't no why I can't sleep over this issue. I feel really sad for them. I don't do drugs but why take their lives after 10years .
Did a pastor just call that a beautiful experience? RIP umunnem!
What more can I say, may their souls rest in peace.
So what do you want linda to do because you've been crying? Raise the dead? Famzer!
May God comfort their families
May God comfort their families
I swear this is unfair... Very disheartening! May dere souls rest in peace
Pls my Nigerians. I hope u guys ve seen dis.avoid drug business.pls.selling pure water in ur country is better than making quick money u will not be alive to enjoy
Some ppl get heart oooo. Upon dey chose 2 face deir executioners' may dey rest peacefully. #crying.
Dying in CHRIST.....may ur souls b accepted in paradise.Amen
So sad
So touching ,may God forgive them and accept their praises injn. Meanwhile, others in this kind of buz. Should stop, be prayerful,hopeful and engage in better work .
This is so sad, their re other punishments other than killing them, either way, God ve Mercy on them n console their families.
Ubanagum
Souls just ........like dat. #sad #speechless
Dis is disheartening, May deir souls rest in peace
The important thing is that they have a change of heart in death. To God be the glory.
D most important tin is dey made dia peace wit God! RIP!
God forgive them and accept their souls
in your kingdom.
CHOI!!!!! *TEARS* *TEARS* *TEARS OH LOERD PLS ACCEPT THEIR SOULS IN YOUR KINGDOM
@igwe biko see dat white paint rubber, dont stop crying until is filled up!
So sad may their souls R.I.P
A lesson for all to learn. Say no to drug trafficking,Life is worth living.
They are already wit God b4 dey died??? Aww now u gon make me cry even more*dried tears*
They in Heaven. The president of Indonesia knows he did wrong. He only acts like he has no conscience but he surely does. He is doing all this for political power so the citizens don't see him as weak. Will he tell the world he has never done wrong or committed an offence. Whenever we commit an offence, another life is damaged no matter what the crime is. So he is not free from this at all. He has the blood of these dead guys on his hands.
May their souls rest in peace....Amen
Moye says so via BB Passport...Courtesy LIB....
If ONLY they will learn..
THE BEST LESSON SO FAR IS FOR WE PEOPLE TO HAVE A FORGIVING HEART NOT CONDEMNATION,
THE INDOSIDE TO CALL THE ARE A DEVIL INCARNATE COUNTRY IF THE LORD IS LIKE THEM HOW MANY OF THEM WILL BE ALIVE TODAY
THE WORLD SHOULD SANCTION THEM FOR NOT LISTENING TO THE PLEADING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLE
Nothing like beautiful experience, anyway they made heaven
RIP to the dead...hope they find eternal peace
PEOPLE SHUD TRY AND LEARN FROM ODAS MISTAKE. FOUR NIGERIANS AMONG THE EIGHT PERSON, THAT MEANS WE NIGERIANS NEED TO BE GRATEFUL AND BE PATIENT WITH LIFE, THERE IS NO SHORT COURT TO MAKING MONEY, IF YOU TAKE SHORT COURT, THESE WILL BE SHORT COUR TO UR LIFE. RIP TO THERE SOULS
Nigerians are pathetic! What's with the aww,pities in the comment section? didn't they know about the death sentence before smuggling stuff? It is boldly written on most asian visas 'Drug trafficking carries the death penalty'
wait! They won't be sending the bodies back to their countries and loved ones?!
So disheartening may God forgive them and grant their families the fortitude to bear the loss. Please my fellow Nigerians in diaspora don't engage in drug business we all want to prosper but let's get it through hardwork, hard work really pays.
So Andrew Chan z GONE? My Heart z broken..sha RIP
An eye for an eye in the case of murder I understand but to play God and take someone's life over drug trafficking is terrible and unjust
Well said kodak! Drug peddling should be condemed at all cost
Wat more can I say,may their gentle souls rest in perfect peace.
Just like the thief on the cross with Jesus he asked for mercy and God forgave his sins I am sure they are at peace with the Lord.
If ONLY they will learn..
The most important thing is making heaven and I'm glad they will.
Even as we are looking at these pictures, some other people are pushing drugs. Drug business is not good but the die-hard men still deal on it. It could be their turn to die tomorrow. May they rest in peace.
This is a lesson for Nigerians. Please stay away from drug trafficking. I wonder why Nigerians won't learn. Imagine one of them having been in Indonesia since 1998, only to end up like a pariah. The quest for money. Sad!
Keep shut pls!!! Go there and fight. Idiot!
This made me cry.I learnt one of them, Sylvester Nwolise is from my villa (Oraukwu in Anambra state ).May his soul rest in perfect peace.Amen
Even on cnn,Australia has already recalled her ambassador and a french also on death row,the french govt said Indonesia will face stiff sanctions,Brazil's amb recalled too and still nothing 4rm Nigerian govt
Many eligible Nigerian bachelors are either in prison in Europe or dead, for drug trafficking, please young men, make una find anoda thing do, the country isn't easy, we understand, but d hustle still beats spending the rest of ur life in prison or dying just like this.
RIP to them.
Good to know the Yorubas too do drugs out there. Saying this based on all the insults in the past. People just assume that Igbo boys are the only ones doing bad business out there. Truth is no tribe is saint. It is who gets caught.
Those who are still in the business, quit or be killed.
Such a pity. R.I.P
Same here....I just dint sleep last nite....so Sad
Tnk God dey accepted christ so it's a straight way to heaven
Lib freak
HMMMMM............EVEN AFTER ALL THE PLEAD.RIP TO D DEAD
May their souls rest in peace.
Abeg , Aboki explain the question marks . Them no dey with God ?
Indeed a pity..God grant dem eternal rest.
Its so heartbreaking
May their Soul Rest in Peace
I pray their souls be recognized in heaven Amen.
4 Nigerians. Really sad and disgraceful
Did I just see beautiful experience?!!!!! Who's says that about an execution hugh
God have mercy on mankind dat think taking one's life is justified no matter what crime he/she has committed.May ther soul rest i peace.Amen
the fact that they have spent more than 10 years in prison... am sure they have murders such as the ISIS members that was caught in 2007 in the prison.
Men! Dis is unbearable, can't evn think abt it.
Hmmmm, so pathetic n d pastor said it ws a beautiful experience, 4 who him or d 1s killed? Der is notin beautiful abt it @ll. May God console der families n grant dem eternal rest
Really sad and disheartening . May their souls rest in peace. Amen!!
Please endeavour to use English words U know their meaning. Heart rendering indeed!!! Lol
Correct word is heart rending. Thank me later.
"The love of money is the root of all evil". (Pls be warned)
RIP,it is well.
Have been so sad since yesterday. You need to see how I was checking my Timeline in the midnight to know when they were being executed. Am very sad. Today has just been somehow. Oh God console me!
'Anonymous: Igbos don't Bury their dead outside igbo land, ship our dead to us don't insult our ancestors after killing us pls'
This person should be shot along with those people. After knowing the penalty and disobeying another country's rules, you are talking about burial in igbo land. If you bury them in igbo land, does it guarantee them going to heaven?? Oya go to Catania and start fishing for all the dead igbos at the bottom of the sea and bring them home to bury na! Mtchew!
Most pple convicted are innocent and implicated. Real drug moles are hardly caught in d act, Adura ki a maa ri Ogun akoba ni ki a maa gba. In Asia if ur neighbor is involved in drugs and police comes knocking, u go down with him as well. Let's stop judging and keep praying for dere families. R.I.P.
Same here. Am so sad about it. After keeping them for so long in the prison. Isabella_nice
This is so sad.
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Ur fada! Billionaire bizman ma yansh. Idiot. U r happy abi? Wot of those that were tricked n didn't know they carried drugs, but tot they were helping a relative or friend send message, e.g like ur sorry ass wanna send sontin to ur papa in village
So painful. May the Lord accept their soul at his bosom.heartfelt sad and broken!! Jc.
If u have to go to any country to traffick drugs, pls confirm there drug laws. It is even boldly written on the visa that drug trafficking attracts a death penalty, If the laws of the land says execution for drug trafficking, pls what is the big deal? These are people who respect there laws unlike in Nigeria, where there is no respect for the laws of the land. If they have been successful and all, shebi naija would have given them chieftancy titles. They only got the reward for there actions
R.I.P to them.
How is it unfair Vivian?
The Pple they kill with those drugs are not even known and may not even be buried.
They at least knew Indonesia doesn't joke with drug cases (na plenty long throat cause am) plus they even had 10yrs to make their hearts ready for judgement. May the grace of Jesus speak for them before God.
May the souls of the faithful departed through the mercy of God.Amen
Kolomental people full for this blog oooooo lol
And Nigerians had to be 4 among them...na wa oo is there nothing better Nigerians can do abroad than drugs? I hope the rest will learn from this. Quite sad RIP to them all.
I think countries should remove death penalty from their laws. God is the only one that gives life and has the right to take the life he has created. Moreover, somebody carried them in the stomach for 9 months. Even if it was a murder case, God said in the bible that vengeance or revenge is for him not for you. Who are you to take a life that you did not create. Anyways, that is not to say that what they did is good. Most importantly, i am happy they all knew God and gave their lives to Christ before they died and hopefully made heaven
Our Ibo and Yoruba brothers pls stop embarrassing Nigeria when you travel abroad. I hadly hear stories of hausa or other minority tribes committing crimes abroad. Truth be told! Stop your useless behaviours in the quest for money or desperation for money. The embarrassment and disgrace to Nigeria is getting too much. This is why Nigerians have lost respect abroad.
Its not worth recalling an ambassador. We can only plead with Indonesia cos they committed a crime...forgiveness is between them and God but they violated the laws of Indonesia
So sad, RIP to the dead. People should learn to obey other countries law.
It's a pity. RIP.
Why now, Mrs. TC.
This is really sad
Finally! Someone with sense.
Please help me tell them o. It's bodily written in the visa - death penalty for drug trafficking.
its a shame.Indonesia should note that their country is not an island. this behavior is backward,archival and stinks of xenophobia. In due course they will be begging other countries to do business with them. Unfortunately our country is slow in addressing the plights of its people with no social benefits to mitigate the effects of economic difficulties.
There is no lesson to learn for this except that people should never be forgiven for mistakes as well. People on LIB that say that a lesson should be learnt are just stating that people should be intolerable of faults. Shame
May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace; in-spite of the International plea, they still remained stone hearted and executed those souls, God is watching...and judgement shall fall on them too without mercy...
Great comment!
* * * Linda's 1st Daughter * * *
drug trafficking is a choice adn its use is also a choice. Killing a trafficker and leaving the user is like killing a prostitute and leaving the pimps alone or the customers of the prostitutes alone.
In the law of economics, if there is no demand, supply will diminish.
in the field of psychology , negative reinforcement is a poor way to change behavior
This stinks of illiteracy, ignorance and subsequent ignominy for its people. I hope they will not turn around and state that this evil was perpetuated by a select few officials and the country should not be made to bear the brunt when their actions backfire in their faces
Exactly
* * * Linda's 1st Daughter * * *
RIP
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Good night Brothers... #Sadface
Those that killed them might not make heaven, at list they saw that they are going to die and pray for forgivenss of sin. Which some may not have the opportunity to do. # sHomi say so
This News sent shiver down my spine!!! hmmmm singing Amazing Grace....May they find rest with The Lord!! IT IS WELL!
What did he say that warrants the name callin? ..all this I'll nutured kids come online n insult ppl for no apparent reason.
SHIP... obviously you're IBO..
I wonder o! Where there's no law ,there's no sin. ..Make una finish the saying biko...We should learn to work !!!
Kia I don like this is they no other punishment again, this indonesia need. To r adjust this they lows oh.
So sad, RIP.
If Jesus did not forgive the thief on his execution day,what will we call Jesus? A liar? Remember the crimes of these people,Cain,David,Solomon,peter,Mary Magdalen,apostle paul(Saul) etc.James 1:20,the anger of man cannot walk out Gods righteousness.No matter the offence,no one has the right to take life including Abortion which is lawfully done in indonisia. A pity indeed
It's true to fill for the dead, but not when one stupidly committed suicide.
Didn't get any plea 4rm Nigeria president sef, dis naija no send us o
RIP
Lmao!
RIP TO THEM.
I know what they did was wrong but this is still emotional. RIP
Oh my God! This is disheartening. I barely know them, but I feel so distraught. I can only imagine what their families are going through right now.
#TeamBlessed#
This is wicked act, Indonesia government are bad, international community must act on it.
What a painful way to die! May God grant them mercy and admit them into His divine presence RIP
I hope the rest will learn from this. The watch word is 'be contented with what ever u have'. Is greed that leads most of them to drugs trafficking
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