The Lagos State House of Assembly has approved death sentence for kidnappers,
whose victims die in their custody.
This was an amendment to a bill sponsored by the Speaker, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa
and presented on the floor of the House by its Chairman Committee on Judiciary,
Mrs. Funmilayo Tejuosho some weeks ago.The report which was later debated at the stakeholders meeting level was yesterday presented at the plenary.
The Bill is entitled; “A Bill for a law to provide for the prohibition of the act of kidnapping and for other connected purposes.” According to the bill, kidnappers, whose victims did not die in their custody will be sentenced to life imprisonment.
The
bill states that any person, who kidnaps, abducts, detains, captures or takes
another person by any means or tricks, with intent to demand ransom or do
anything against the victim’s will commits an offence, and liable on conviction
to death sentence.
However,
the lawmakers amended some sections of the law, while debating the report of
the committee and agreed that the death sentence should only be imposed on
those, whose victims die in their custody.
Attempt to kidnap is also criminalised under the bill and it
was suggested that such a person would be committed to life imprisonment.
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