Delta State has reviewed its death sentence punishment for kidnapping, reducing it to life imprisonment.
The State House of Assembly in Asaba reconsidered its initial stand after the state Governor, Ifeanyi
Okowa appealed for a fairer punishment.
Okowa
in a letter to the House appealed for reconsideration of Section 4,
Sub-Section 1 of the Delta State Anti-Kidnapping Law, 2016, which made
provision for death penalty for anybody convicted of kidnapping.
“The
Right Honourable Speaker and Honourable Members of the House are aware
that death penalty is globally no longer fashionable as it breaches
human right to life and torture, both of which are protected under the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in
1948. Besides, there is heightened campaign and overwhelming support for
the abolition of death penalty globally,” Okowa in the letter.
“Since
the world is a global village, Delta State cannot be an exception,
hence the passionate call to the House to reconsider the Section under
reference and change the death sentence prescribed therein to life
imprisonment."
According to the amendment, the life imprisonment is without an option of fine.
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