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Indonesian court rejects Nigerian’s appeal against death sentence

An Indonesian court has dismissed a legal challenge by a 42-year-old Nigerian, Raheem Agbaje-Salami, who is on a death row for drug peddling President Joko Widodo has rejected clemency representations from Nigerian authorities. Judge Hendro Puspito of the Administrative Court in East Jakarta said on Monday that the court had no jurisdiction over presidential decisions. Agbaje-Salami, alias Jamiu Owolabi Abashin,…