Nigeria’s 283 inmates constitute 30.8 per cent of the 914 Africans serving various jail terms in U.S. federal prisons, far away from their continent.
He said the World Day Against the Death Penalty serves as a reminder that justice must never come at the cost of human life.
The funds will also bolster aid responses in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Honduras, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Venezuela, and Zambia.
Nigeria is considered a key transit hub and consolidation point for illegal trade in wildlife and forest products, especially for pangolin, ivory and rosewood.
The IOM said that the situation required urgent global attention and an immediate ceasefire.
