Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday opposed the proposed death penalty for hate speech offenders in the country.

He compared the penalty to sentencing someone who steals N10,000 to death and freeing another that steals N1million.

Governor Akeredolu disclosed this in Ilorin, Kwara state at the opening ceremony of the sixth biennial international conference of the University of Ilorin Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies department.

Speaking on the theme: “Domesticating Sustainable Development Goal 16 in Nigeria: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions,”

The governor said, “How can somebody steal N10,000 and be sentenced to death, when another person who stole or embezzled N1m is allowed to go scot free. "when I was the president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), I vehemently opposed capital punishment for condemned criminals. I will be a turncoat as governor to now support death penalty for hate-speech offenders.”

He added: “As the governor of Ondo state, I will not commit to death those condemned criminals; instead, I will look into how to commute their sentences to life imprisonment. Or I will transfer them to other administrations.”

He regretted that there is no virile opposition in the country, adding that “every other person who was in opposition in 2015 has now crossed over to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). I am amused if I see them decamping in droves to the APC.”

The former NBA president added that injustice, either real or imagined, has been responsible for the absence of peace in Nigeria.

He said “Any discussion on justice which leaves out the deplorable conditions of the people is self-serving; it is patently unjust to have the mass of the people depend on handouts from the political class having lost the capacity to contribute to the development of the polity.

“Until and unless the identifiable geo-political zones are encouraged to realize their potentials with a view to participating actively in the economic activities for growth and prosperity, there will be no end to crises.

“Current measures put in place seem insufficient to rescues the country from socio-economic doldrums.
Therefore, the preponderance of conflicts in virtually all parts of the country seems to suggest failure of the system. Working at these manifest lapses will assist greatly.

“Institutions of state must be self-regulating. The basic law of the land, the Constitution, and relevant subsidiary legislations must be the instruments which determine the life and functions of any institution created to take care of the welfare of the people.”


https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/akeredolu-kicks-against-death-penalty-for-hate-speech.html

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Nawa for this our naija oh... hate speech =death sentence...while embezzlement, favoritism, nepotism and all those politicians that steal away the future generation of the country only get dragged by the law which turn out to be nothing happen!!!

One terrible fact about Buhari supporters is that they'd always find a way to rationalize the most wicked deeds of this government irrespective of the fact that they'd be affected just like everybody else. Indeed they are the worst set of humans

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The best bill for Nigeria , is yet to undergo first reading

DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPT POLITICIAN

I would really love to see the senator that would have the balls to propose a death penalty bill for public fund looters..

the bill won't survive first reading.
very useless set of people

how can an ex governor be earning 10million naira monthly?
the level of inequality and injustice in the country is appalling

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Misplacement of priority instead of dealing with real issues affecting the common man on daily basis.. how many boko terrorist were sentenced to death for crime against humanity?

Ehen.

Buhari and his APC, una Weldon o

But,wait o,who thought of this rubbish matter of hate speech,when we have lots of things to deal with in this country. Politicians that are embezzling money are not sentenced to death.Nepa matter dey on ground they did not discuss about it, communities buy poles,wires,transformer even buying of meters by individual, NEPA is just there to collect free money at end of every month. Who did we offend in Nigeria that refused to forgive us

You kill someone who steal 10,000 and free someone who steal a million.


Lol. Hate speech bill is ERROR!


The APC started it and now they are afraid of the channel that brought them to POWER.



LOL!

If it was Saraki’s senate, the bill would’ve been dead on arrival.

Ehdy:
Good speech ko

It depends on which side you are standing. For the other side that thing wey you just call good speech go don cut local man neck commot.

Are they telling us hate speeches have more weights than stealing. There's definitely more to the punishment

This is bravery


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Well spoken...