The Senate on Tuesday raised the punishment for anyone found guilty on the offence of kidnapping from 10 years to life imprisonment...
The Bill sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu , seeks to delete the statute of limitation on defilement, increase punishment for the offence of kidnapping, and remove gender restrictions in the offence of rape and other related matters.
The Bill also eliminated the present time frame for reporting and prosecuting defilement cases in the country. It also removed gender restrictions on the offence of rape by explaining that both male and female could be raped.
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