Waiting for Maria

“Cost of maintaining death row inmates has skyrocketed, resulting in high running costs for the Department of Prisons. Government is anxious to implement the death sentences passed in the last few years but stalled by the absence of an executioner. Following the lift of the ban on employment in the Civil Service, the position of hangman will be stalled forthwith. Accelerated executions will clear the backlog. As a cost-saving measure, one roving hangman will tour the facilities and carry out the sentences in the shortest possible time according to the following schedules…” Waiting for Maria is a chilling tale of women on the death row in Freemen Fort. Wunmi, Tawa, Susanna, Olori, Mudi, Bridget….many more will arrive….Itohan Endurance, Kajara. All are condemned, but none wants to die.