The Senate on Tuesday raised the punishment for an offence of kidnapping from 10 years to life imprisonment.The Upper Chamber also deleted...
The Senate on Tuesday raised the punishment for an offence of kidnapping from 10 years to life imprisonment.
These resolutions of the Senate followed the third reading and passage of “A bill for an Act to amend the Criminal Code Act CAP. C.38, Laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004.”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.
It also removed gender restrictions on the offence of rape by explaining that both male and female could be raped. He insisted that where a law fails to achieve any of its main objectives, it becomes inherently defective, therefore the need for the amendment of such Iaws to bring them into conformity with best practices.He said: “Therefore, the amendment to the Criminal Code Act that is being proposed, is a welcome development to our criminal justice system.
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