Kano State House of Assembly approves 15 years for rapists, life imprisonment for kidnappers
The Kano State House of Assembly has passed into law, a bill seeking for life imprisonment for kidnappers and 15 years sentence for rapists in the state.
Hon. Yussuf Attah, the Majority Leader ofthe Assembly, who read the Kidnapping,Abductionand Forced LabourAmendmentBill 2016 before the Assembly today Monday, October 31, said the committee of the whole Assembly passed the bill after considering the amendment.
“The law has been in existence since 1963, but did not provide serious punishment for kidnappers, therefore, we have to amend it to suit the current situation,” said Attah.
According to the lawmaker representing Fagge Constituency, any person found guilty of kidnapping would face life imprisonment without an option of fine while anyone found guilty of rape or forced labour will be sentenced to15 yearswithout an option of fine.
Speaking with newsmenafter the passage of the bill, the Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Salisu Riruwe, hailed the amendment as a welcome development.
“With the passage of this anti-kidnapping law, we are hoping that the rampantcasesof kidnapping and abduction in some areas of the state will come to an end,” Mr. Riruwe said.
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