The Kaduna State Government has proposed life sentence for rapists in
the new Child Right Bill forwarded to the State House of Assembly for
passage into law.
Deputy Director, Civil Litigation in the state’s Ministry for
Justice, Mr Irimiya Samson, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna.
Samson explained that the development became necessary, following
incessant cases of rape, particularly of minors, being recorded daily in
the state.
He noted that current penalty for rape in the Penal Code was very
light, as such it was important to make the law more strict to curtail
the ugly trend.
“The incidences of rape have become very rampant in the state. It is
particularly disturbing that the offenders are mostly elderly men whose
victims are toddlers, minors within the age range of three to six.
“In curbing this abominable act, the state government has decided to
invoke a stiff punishment for offenders in the child right law.
“As such, when the bill is passed, anyone caught would remain behind bars for life.”
NAN
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