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Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by Kuginzi: 8:46pm On Mar 15 |
By Bola Bamigbola The member representing Oriade State Constituency in the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr. Kanmi Ajibola, has written the leadership of the National Assembly demanding that death penalty be made a punishment for corruption. Ajibola, in his five-page letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, copies of which were obtained in Osogbo on Friday, said the level of corruption in the country has made it necessary to introduce capital punishment into Nigeria’s anti-graft laws. The former Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilesa Branch, who lamented the huge resources the country has lost to corruption, said if such monies had been properly utilised, Nigeria would not be struggling with infrastructure deficit. Citing Sections 4(1) and (3) of the Constitution, the lawyer said it was within the purview of the National Assembly to make laws that would help the country halt corrupt practices among its citizens. He declared that the anti-corruption laws and Acts in their existing forms in Nigeria are not result-oriented, hence the need for the introduction of capital punishment. The letter partly read, “As a human rights activist, I should not be thinking of a capital punishment to curb or drastically minimise corruption in Nigeria, but for the fact that the acts of the few leaders that are corrupt are leading to the death of their innocent subjects, I think this is the only way and the hard way. "It is an axiomatic fact that f this stealing spree continually persists unchecked, the country will ultimately end up in an untimely grave. To prevent the sudden and untimely death of Nigeria, the 1999 Constitution has empowered the National Assembly with this responsibility to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the federation. "At this very moment, before corruption kills Nigeria, it is desirable that Nigeria moves faster to kill corruption. The incumbent leadership of the National Assembly can be the Moses and Musa of the present Nigerian generation by removing the country out of death trap of corruption and its killing venom. “Due to the non-availability of effective laws to checkmate corruption the way it should be properly checked, there are loss of peace, order, good governance and good government in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. "That Nigeria may continue to live, there is a compelling need for the prevailing public corruption to be curbed and controlled by capital punishment in our laws. “Within the thirty days of the receipt of this letter, I plead with the National Assembly to perform this public duty to save Nigeria by introducing penalty clause of capital punishment into our Anti-Corruption Laws and Acts.” https://punchng.com/osun-lawmaker-demands-death-penalty-for-corruption/?amp
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Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by AmakaTips2: 8:49pm On Mar 15 |
Would the president be left behind? |
Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by SEGLIZ: 8:49pm On Mar 15 |
long over due. |
Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by Validated: 8:56pm On Mar 15 |
Akpabio will shred the letter and later say he did notvsee it again. |
Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by Helpfromabove1(m): 9:16pm On Mar 15 |
Dey Play If this is considered, certainly nigeria will succeed in less than a year but surely it will not be considered |
Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by Ed12(m): 9:28pm On Mar 15 |
It will be push under the rug |
Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by JohnnA1: 9:43pm On Mar 15 |
AmakaTips2:Good question. Should corrupt politicians like OBI be exempted as well? https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/487997-pandora-papers-inside-peter-obis-secret-businesses-and-how-he-broke-the-law.html Here's a thread from Se.un himself in 2022: https://www.nairaland.com/7230175/peter-obi-n250m-money-laundering
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Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by tollyboy5(m): 9:36am On Mar 16 |
Validated:Seun i wonder why this thread no hit front page for more support since yesterday. nlfpmod wetin dey sup? Politicians know the solution to corruption but no they want to install a solar street light for N184m |
Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by phemmie06(m): 9:36am On Mar 16 |
Best option so far but if I might ask, since we have been practicing democracy, how many dead warrants has been signed. Will the judiciary not be bought? Won't the power of judiciary be upturned? |
Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by phemmie06(m): 9:41am On Mar 16 |
The solar streets light that won't work for a month tollyboy5: |
Re: Osun Lawmaker Demands Death Penalty For Corruption by Dsimmer: 9:43am On Mar 16 |
I support. |
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