Governor Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger State, on Friday
signed into law, death penalty by hanging for cattle rustlers, bandits,
kidnappers and informants in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on July 1, the
Niger State House of Assembly passed into law a bill prescribing death penalty
for informants, kidnappers, and cattle rustlers in the State.
Bello said the Kidnapping and cattle rustling special
provisions law of 2016 was amended to provide for the punishment of informants
and all those involved in the aiding and abetting of kidnapping and cattle
rustling in the state.
He said that informants who aid and abet kidnappers would
now have to face death sentence by hanging in public as now enshrined in the
state law.
”The law now provides that whoever instigates any person to
kidnap a person or rustle cattle, or intentionally aides, abets or facilitate
by any acts of omission or commission of the offence of kidnapping and or
cattle rustling is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to death by
hanging in public,” he said.
The governor said the punitive measure was a good stride and
had become necessary given the security challenges that have continued to
threaten the peaceful coexistence of the state in particular and the country at
large.
He regretted the unpatriotic activities of informants who,
according to him, have contributed to thwarting efforts of the security
agencies in combating the nefarious activities of kidnappers and cattle
rustlers.
He noted that the vigilante amendment law was meant to
invigorate and strengthen the state vigilante corp for better operational
efficiency in the discharge of their statutory function of complementing the
efforts of the conventional federal security forces.
The governor expressed hope that the signing of the State
Assembly Service Commission Law would further enhance the activities of
legislators and solidify the already existing synergy between the executive and
the legislature.
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