The Assembly through the
House Committee on Peace, Security, Ethics and Privileges had before now called
for memoranda on the matter and worked with the House Committee on Rules,
Business, Legal and Judicial Matters in scrutinising the bill.
Delta State House of
Assembly (DSHA) has amended the Anti-kidnapping law from death penalty to life
imprisonment.
The amended bill, “Delta
State Anti-kidnapping and Anti-Terrorism bill” was returned to the Assembly by
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa to amend the section that stipulates death for
kidnappers.
It equally collaborated
with all the security agencies in the state to protect lives and property; ways
of promoting measures to improve assistance to the people affected and
promoting surveillance and intelligence gathering.
The bill has to deal with
how to regulate the activities of kidnappers and terrorists, prosecution of
offenders, strategies for investigation, how stakeholders can collaborate to
protect lives and property, ways of promoting measures to improve assistance to
the people affected as well as ways of promoting surveillance and intelligence
gathering.
Hon. Monday Igbuya, Speaker
of the Assembly, had stated that the legislation when passed into law
would attract life sentence and would
not be a bail-able offence.
He stressed the need for
enhanced security in the state, highlighting ugly incidence of kidnapping,
armed robbery, cult group clashes and youths unrest in parts of the state.
The Speaker informed that
some steps had been taken towards addressing the problem including support to
security agencies and local vigilance groups.
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