On Tuesday, the Senate yesterday endorsed a proposal for life imprisonment for anybody found guilty of kidnapping as against the 10-year imprisonment provision contained in the current law.

The senate also approved the removal of a two-month Statue of Limitation on the prosecution of rape offenders as contained in the Criminal Code Act.

IgbereTV reports that these came to light as an amendment of the Criminal Code Act, 2014, passed second reading on Tuesday.

The legislators are amending the Act to review some provisions in it and replace them with stiffer ones. The bill was sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central). Leading the debate, Tinubu said the frequency of kidnap across the federation and its resulting trauma, not to mention the number of lives lost to the crime, made it imperative to review the laws with a view to ensuring appropriate punishment for perpetrators and deterrence for would-be perpetrators. “Thus, this bill proffers a life sentence for persons found guilty of kidnapping,” she said. She noted that the current Section 364 of the act proffers a punishment of imprisonment for a term of 10 years where a crime of kidnap is established. The amendment bill also seeks an amendment to Section 221 of the Criminal Code which provides that “where a person has or attempts carnal knowledge of a girl being of or above the age of 13 and under the age 16, an ‘idiot or slowpoke’, he shall be liable to imprisonment for a period of two years provided that the prosecution is commenced within two months after the offence is committed.”

http://saharareporters.com/2019/11/26/senate-prescribes-life-imprisonment-kidnapping

that's great

some cases like armed kidnapping should be death

Of all the bills flying around up and down...how come nobody is talking about punishment for embezzlement and corruption? Just busy chasing shadows.

Hate speech - death.
Kidnapping - life.
Looting - 3 years.

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Audio imprisonment, nothing works in Nigeria

What of boko haram?

This our senators are are just been fair...most hate speech don't come from north...smuggling is now high in north dan seme border...because dey no DAT major kidnap come from south


Most of dere policies just oppress d south

Hahaha funny country



Kidnappers get life imprisonment while those who voice their opinions get death sentence



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galadima77:
Of all the bills flying around up and down...how come nobody is talking about punishment for embezzlement and corruption? Just busy chasing shadows.

life imprisonment for kidnappers is part of is great if you not a kidnapper

Death penalty!

Blakjewelry:
some cases like armed kidnapping should be death

Which one is unarmed kidnapping?

Is it the one the unarmed gentlemen politely ask you to allow yourself to be kidnapped and you happily obey?

Death by hanging or firing squad is preferable. A message needs to be sent out. A visual message.

Especially since these prisons jokers regularly turn imprisonment to house arrest with benefits

galadima77:
Of all the bills flying around up and down...how come nobody is talking about punishment for embezzlement and corruption? Just busy chasing shadows.

I agree. When you elect animals into various political offices, that's what you get.

galadima77:
Of all the bills flying around up and down...how come nobody is talking about punishment for embezzlement and corruption? Just busy chasing shadows.

MY BRODA OIL DEY UR HEAD ABEG, THE SAD RUTH IS FOR ME IS NAIJA IS DONE!!!!!!!

Rape too should be life imprisonment

Kidnappers are to get life imprisonment while their so called "hate speech" will attract death sentence? Are these people well @ all?

They're yet to take up a bill against corruption because they're neck deep into it hence afraid for their lives.Useless idiots.

Sometimes I find it hard to believe that it's actual human beings that post some kind of comments on Nairaland

Kidnappers to get life imprisonment, hate speech speaker to get death or capital punish..what a country.. Kidnappers must died by hanging.. Hate speech there is nothing like that it is an imaginary words..Weak man revenge, strongman forgive intelligent man ingnored and work or criticism if necessary..

There know most of the kidnapped, there are their sponsored, so there don't deserve to die, only hate speech should die

Can we also put life imprisonment on financial corruption...

TMSMedia:
On Tuesday, the Senate yesterday endorsed a proposal for life imprisonment for anybody found guilty of kidnapping as against the 10-year imprisonment provision contained in the current law.

The senate also approved the removal of a two-month Statue of Limitation on the prosecution of rape offenders as contained in the Criminal Code Act.

IgbereTV reports that these came to light as an amendment of the Criminal Code Act, 2014, passed second reading on Tuesday.

The legislators are amending the Act to review some provisions in it and replace them with stiffer ones. The bill was sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central). Leading the debate, Tinubu said the frequency of kidnap across the federation and its resulting trauma, not to mention the number of lives lost to the crime, made it imperative to review the laws with a view to ensuring appropriate punishment for perpetrators and deterrence for would-be perpetrators. “Thus, this bill proffers a life sentence for persons found guilty of kidnapping,” she said. She noted that the current Section 364 of the act proffers a punishment of imprisonment for a term of 10 years where a crime of kidnap is established. The amendment bill also seeks an amendment to Section 221 of the Criminal Code which provides that “where a person has or attempts carnal knowledge of a girl being of or above the age of 13 and under the age 16, an ‘idiot or slowpoke’, he shall be liable to imprisonment for a period of two years provided that the prosecution is commenced within two months after the offence is committed.”

http://saharareporters.com/2019/11/26/senate-prescribes-life-imprisonment-kidnapping

So hate speech offender will get death sentence while kidnapper gets life imprisonment. Awon werey.

Na IPOB go suffer pass because na them be the kings of kidnapper.

Will that include the Fulanis?

Nonsense. Death penalty or nothing

Ok

That's just the way to go. Even though they will start being more ruthless to their abductees but they can't be treated with kids gloves.

We were still talking about this just 24 hours ago.

This is the change we voted for.

This will reduced to the barest minimum or stopped kidnaping in our nation.

God bless Nigeria.

Good one