BENIN, Nigeria, (Xinhua) — Nigeria’s Edo State has introduced the death penalty for anybody convicted of kidnapping in the southern state.
The law, which amended the Kidnapping Prohibition Act 2009, also prescribed the death penalty for those who aid and abet kidnappers, Governor Adams Oshiomhole told reporters after he signed the bill in the state capital of Benin on Friday.
“This law is signed in good faith; the government has the will to implement it in totality, no special task-force or tribunal will be constituted to try defaulters,” Oshiomhole said.