Ayotanze, 40, was arrested in 2001 while trying to smuggle 1.15 kilograms of heroin at the Soekarno-Hatta international airport in Jakarta.

He is on the execution list alongside two other Nigerians, Jamiu Owolabi Abashin who was caught smuggling Heroin using a false name Raheem Agbaje Salami, and Silvester Obiekwe.

Dili as he’s fondly called by inmates released his first album in 2008 entitled ‘God You Know’ and boasts of over 70 written songs to his credit. Some of his band mates include fellow inmates and a prison guard all of whom has worked with him on songs such as ‘God Bless Indonesia’ and ‘Never be afraid’.

Responding to the permanent secretary, the ambassador affirmed that Indonesia still upheld death by execution as the penalty for drug related offenses, as the country had made it clear that engaging in drug trafficking into Indonesia is risking death.

“We still recognize the death penalty in our criminal justice system in some serious crimes including terrorism and narcotics and some other things,” he stated.

He added, however, that the execution penalty does not apply to children and other vulnerable persons.

“We do apply these executions to those who are adults and we will not apply it on children or pregnant women or mentally ill persons and we have already made this known that doing this trafficking of narcotic in Indonesia is risking your death penalty before even coming into Indonesia” he said.