Just in: Senate approves death sentence for kidnappers

hThe Senate on Wednesday,
May 4, resolved to enact a
law, prescribing death
penalty for kidnappers to
serve as deterrent and curb
kidnapping in Nigeria.
This followed the adoption
of recommendations of the
report of by the Joint
Committee on Police Affairs,
National Security and
Intelligence on the
`unfortunate reoccurrence of
kidnapping and hostage
taking''Although the report
had only six
recommendations, most of
the senators sued for
stringent punishment to
serve as deterrent which
prompted the addition and
adoption of the
recommendation for death
penalty.
The additional
recommendation for capital
punishment was proposed
by Sen. Adamu Alliero and
adopted by the Senate.
The senate also adopted the
recommendation that the
funding of security agencies
be taken as a priority project
while efforts should be
geared to create employment
opportunity to our teaming
unemployed youths.Senate
also resolved that the
security agencies should
embark on training and
retraining of their personnel
while also urging state
governments to enact laws
to aid prosecution of
kidnappers.