The Nigerian Senate bill passed into law has stated that
anyone found guilty of rape, knowingly infecting another
person of HIV/AIDS and child s*x tourism will face life
imprisonment.
This was among the Sexual Offences Bill sponsored by
Senator Chris Anyanwu which was passed into law on
Wednessday.
The bill insures that rape offenders will get life
imprisonment while incest will get 10 years , another 10
years imprisonment for child pornography or more and a
fine of N2 million as well as 14 years jail term for sexual
offences.
The Chairman of the Committee on Judiciary, Human
Rights and Legal Matters, Umaru Dahiru presented the
report and said that the law was meant to consolidate
existing laws on immoral acts.
Senator Anyanwu who represents Imo East was visibly
delighted that the bill has been passed after being
pending in the senate since since 2013.
Anyanwu said the law will “seeks to make a
comprehensive legislation on sexual offences by
criminalising certain acts such as sexual tourism, child
pornography and cultural and religious sexual offences
in our criminal jurisprudence.
For witnesses, too
“The new law also provides for effective witness
protection programme to protect victims and
witnesses in trial for sexual offences.
“It also provides for compulsory documentation,
supervision of sexual offenders and medical
treatment for victims, which is in line with the
global trend and finally, and most importantly, it
provides for adequate and stringent punish-ments
to perpetrators.”
The new law also goes hard after criminals who drug
people to later sexually abuse people, prostitution of
persons with mental disabilities, among others.
This law will go against criminals who drug women to
take advantage of them, like in the case of Cynthia
Udoka Osokogu who in July 2012 was drugged and
killed by men she met online.

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