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Life imprisonment for rapists in Nasarawa

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, on Monday, passed a bill for a law to prohibit all forms of violence against persons and provide maximum…

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, on Monday, passed a bill for a law to prohibit all forms of violence against persons and provide maximum protection and effective remedies for victims.

The bill stipulates that perpetrators of rape are to get life imprisonment to serve as deterrent to others and for peace to reign in the state.

Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, the Speaker of the House who is also the sponsor of the bill announced the passage of the bill into law during the House proceedings in Lafia.

The speaker said the bill provided that an offender who is less than 14 years of age is liable to a maximum of 14 years in prison.

“Depriving a person of his or her right(s) except through a court order is an offence in law.

“The punishment for the offence of rape, according to public opinion, is life imprisonment, the bill, therefore, recommends life imprisonment.

“Violence by state actors is one of the offences sought to be provided for in the bill which says “A state actor who commits political violence commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding four years or a fine not exceeding one million (N1,000,000) or both.

“No person shall publish any information which might directly or indirectly reveal the identity of any person to the proceeding”, saying “this is to give assurance to parties that whatever they come to testify in respect to any matter in the court they have a cover.”

 

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