The Senate has approved the proposal to designate kidnapping and banditry as acts of terrorism and authourising death penalty for offenders.
The Senate decision, which was approved in Wednesday, was sequel to a resolution passed following an intense debate during plenary
This was after a motion of urgent national importance raised by Senator Ashiru Oyelola Yisa and which was amended by the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele.
The Senate in its resolution ruled that henceforth: “All laws relating to kidnapping should be classified as terrorism and should have a maximum death penalty, and no judge should overturn or reduce the sentence without any option of fine.”
After the approval of the resolution, the Leader of the Senate was directed to introduce a formal amendment bill “in the shortest possible time”.
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Senate further urged the Federal Government to reinforce local vigilante groups and review Nigeria’s firearm laws to reflect practices in “over 175 countries where responsible citizens are permitted to own guns”.
Part of the Senate resolution was to dissolve the Senate standing Committee on the Air Force, Security and National Intelligence.
