Lagos Assembly Okays Death Penalty For Kidnappers

The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday okayed death penalty for offenders as it passed the Anti-kidnapping Bill into law. Tagged “A bill for a law to provide for the prohibition of the act of kidnapping and for other connected purposes”, it will become law after Governor Akinwunmi Ambode’s assent. The bill prescribes death sentence for kidnappers whose victims died in their via IFTTT