European Parliament · 13 February 2025

Continuing detention and risk of the death penalty for individuals in Nigeria charged with blasphemy, notably the case of Yahaya Sharif-Aminu

Amendment

Rejected

This was a vote on one amendment to the text, not on the text as a whole.

246 in favour · 259 against · 20 abstained. 525 of 720 members voted; 195 did not.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

Calls on Nigerian authorities, pending Sharif-Aminuʼs release, to ensure his appropriate treatment in custody and allow regular access to his family and lawyer
Calls on the Nigerian authorities to promptly and unconditionally release Yahaya Sharif-Aminu and withdraw the appeal against the Court of Appeal's decision overturning his conviction
Calls on the government of Nigeria to declare an immediate moratorium on all executions nationwide and, pending the abolition of the death penalty, to commute all death sentences into life sentences

Quoted from B10-0104/2025, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.