The Kaduna State Government
has proposed life imprisonment for rapists in the new Child Right Bill
forwarded to the state House of Assembly for passage into law.
The Deputy Director, Civil
Litigation in the state’s Ministry of Justice, Mr. Irimiya Samson, made this
known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria 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 the 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.
He said, “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.’’
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