Ajimobi Approves Death Sentence For Kidnappers

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Henceforth, any persons convicted of kidnapping in Oyo State will be executed; this is according to the new law in the South West state of Nigeria.

The state governor, Abiola Ajimobi, signed the kidnapping prohibition bill into law, which makes kidnapping a capital offence in Oyo State.

Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Michael Adeyemo, and the Permanent Secretary/Clerk of the House, Paul Bankole, had earlier signed the bill before the governor’s assent.

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The bill had earlier been passed into law by the Oyo State House of Assembly following the submission of a report on it by the Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary and Justice, Olukayode Akande.

The new law states that kidnapping has become a serious offence in the state which attracts maximum punishment of death sentence in the event of the death of a kidnap victim while in the custody of the abductors.

The law also states that a convicted offender will be liable to life imprisonment if the victim is released or rescued unhurt upon the payment of a ransom, while the kidnapper will be made to pay back the ransom.

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The bill, which was signed into law on Friday by the governor, “stipulates similar punishment for any person who procures, engages or gives information culminating in the kidnapping of a victim.”

The new law also prescribes life imprisonment for any person who kidnaps or threatens to kill, maim or cause bodily harm in order to compel another person, corporate body or organisation to do or abstain from doing any act as a condition for the release of the victim.

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Under the new law, 20 years imprisonment awaits anyone who makes an attempt to kidnap, while anybody, who aids or abets kidnapping, is liable to 15 years imprisonment upon conviction.

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