Edo state governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has signed into law, the bill which prescribes death penalty to kidnappers.
The law which is an amendment of the Edo state kidnapping law also
prescribes that any premises used by kidnappers will be demolished.
Governor Oshiomhole has recently been in a dilemma on whether the
death penalty should apply to kidnappers who commit murder during the
act and those who do not. Today, he declared that the death penalty
applies to all acts of kidnapping whether it involved murder or not,
while calling on youths to desist from the criminality as an excuse for
unemployment.
Some of the suspects paraded by the Police in Edo state earlier this
week may face the death penalty if found guilty of the crime courtesy of
the Bill just signed into law by the governor.
The Governor appealed to parents and guardians to be wary of the
activities of their wards as criminality should not be an excuse for
unemployment. The governor also assured that no special tribunals will
be set up to try cases of kidnapping, as that is a feature of the
military era. This he said to relieve concerns over the slow judicial
system in Nigeria.
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