A Bill seeking to prohibit the act of kidnapping and for other matters connected thereto now before the Edo State House of Assembly has sailed through its second reading.
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The bill prescribes death penalty for persons involved in the act of kidnapping.
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Sponsor of the Bill and Minority Whip of the state legislature, Mr. Kingsley Ehigiamusor, leading a debate on same, said that it seeks to prohibit the act of kidnapping in the state, adding that measures should be put in place to protect the lives of the citizens living in the state.
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Describing the act of kidnapping as inimical to the society, the legislator, who represents Igbueben constituency, noted that the bill when passed into law will eradicate insecurity in the state as well as protect the society.
Kidnapping has to just stop in this country once and for all...It's just becoming too much and it's getting annoying.