Niger Assembly Prescribes Capital Punishment For Bandits, Kidnappers, Informants
Jun 30, 2021 ·
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The Niger State House of Assembly has passed a bill imposing capital punishment on kidnappers, bandits, and their informants. The bill, if assented to by the Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello,...
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The Niger State House of Assembly has passed a bill imposing capital punishment on kidnappers, bandits, and their informants.
The bill, if assented to by the Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, will check the increasing wave of kidnapping and banditry in the state and strengthen the fight against criminalities by the state government.
The bill states that anyone found guilty of the offence of banditry, kidnapping, or giving out information that results in kidnapping and banditry will be sentenced to death by hanging in public.
The bill amends the Kidnapping and Cattle Rustling (Special Provision) Law 2021.
The recommendation was made by the House Committees on Security and Intelligence and Judicial Matters when it presented its report to the House.
The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Bello Ahmad, representing Agwara Constituency, said informants were included in the bill because the information given to criminals contribute to the increasing spate of banditry and kidnapping in the state.
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The bill, if assented to by the Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Bello, will check the increasing wave of kidnapping and banditry in the state and strengthen the fight against criminalities by the state government.
The bill states that anyone found guilty of the offence of banditry, kidnapping, or giving out information that results in kidnapping and banditry will be sentenced to death by hanging in public.
The bill amends the Kidnapping and Cattle Rustling (Special Provision) Law 2021.
The recommendation was made by the House Committees on Security and Intelligence and Judicial Matters when it presented its report to the House.
The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Bello Ahmad, representing Agwara Constituency, said informants were included in the bill because the information given to criminals contribute to the increasing spate of banditry and kidnapping in the state.
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