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ARE CONDEMNED PERSONS ENTITLED TO ENFORCE THEIR FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS?

If a person condemned to death by a court of competent jurisdiction complains under Chapter IV of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (the Constitution) that any of the provisions of this Chapter has been breached in regard to him, is he entitled to enforce these rights? And if he is so entitled, to which of the provisions, before which court can he seek redress? These issues and other related ones will be examined in this paper with a view to determine whether or not a condemned person automatically forfeits his fundamental rights as soon as he is convicted and sentenced to death. This paper…