The lawmakers
nullified the 10 year imprisonment slammed on kidnappers and raised it to be
life imprisonment to deter belligerent Nigerians from going into the act of
kidnapping.
Anyone
convicted of kidnapping in Nigeria will now face life imprisonment, the
Nigerian Senate prescribed on Tuesday.
The upper
chamber also deleted the statute of limitation on defilement as well removed
gender restrictions on the offences of rape.
The
resolutions of the Senate followed the third reading and passage of “A bill for
an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act CAP. C.38, Laws of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria 2004.”
The Bill was
sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (Lagos Central).
The bill
sought to delete the statute of limitation on defilement, increase punishment
for the offence of kidnapping, and remove gender restrictions in the offence of
rape and other related matters.
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