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Speaker of Cross River State House of Assembly, John Gaul Lebo, has said that a bill will soon be passed prescribing death by hanging for those convicted of kidnapping and cultism.
He said cultism, which is thriving in some parts of the state, has a relationship with kidnapping.
Lebo also said that essence of descending hard on kidnappers was to scare away those involved in it, adding that kidnappers were running into the state because of obsolete and weak laws.
Frowning at the penalty for kidnapping which presently attracts only one and a half years in prison, he said the assembly intends to review and modernise it.
Capital punishment is therefore part of the reform, review and modernisation to conform to their Citizen Agenda of the 8th legislature, he stated.
DailyTrust
He said cultism, which is thriving in some parts of the state, has a relationship with kidnapping.
Lebo also said that essence of descending hard on kidnappers was to scare away those involved in it, adding that kidnappers were running into the state because of obsolete and weak laws.
Frowning at the penalty for kidnapping which presently attracts only one and a half years in prison, he said the assembly intends to review and modernise it.
Capital punishment is therefore part of the reform, review and modernisation to conform to their Citizen Agenda of the 8th legislature, he stated.
DailyTrust
