Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- Norway will continue to campaign for the abolishment of the death penalty despite a recent executive order by US President Donald Trump to restore the death penalty in the US.

"Norway will definitely continue to promote the abolishment of the death penalty," Svein Baera, Norway's ambassador to Nigeria, said in an interview with PREMIUM TIMES.

Mr Trump, on assuming office for a second term on 20 January, signed an executive order to restore the death penalty and protect public safety. According to this order, capital punishment is an essential tool for deterring and punishing those who commit the most heinous crimes and acts of lethal violence against American citizens.

Despite the position of the new US administrati...