Senate President Bukola Saraki, says the Upper Chamber will hurry up with the passage of the Anti-Hate Speech and the Anti-Jungle Justice Bills as soon as they are presented to it.
Saraki said the Senate was ready to give the two bills speedy consideration in a bid to cut short rising cases of hate speech and jungle justice across the country.
“The Hate Speech Bill will help to mitigate verbal attacks or expressions against individuals or groups on the basis of ethnicity, religion, and even gender.
“This will help to send a clear message with accompanying punitive measures to those negative elements in our society that are fond of distasteful comments that hurt, offend and provoke retaliation,” Saraki said.
“There have been many cases of extrajudicial executions across the nation.
“We all remember the “Aluu Four” incident, and several other notorious cases of phone and food thieves being set ablaze.
“We cannot have a situation where people feel that they can take the law into their hands.
“Therefore, we must put in place careful stopgaps and penal measures to protect the sanctity of our communities,” Saraki said.
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