Sanwo-Olu signs law prescribing 21-year jail term for cultists
The law stipulates 21-year jail term for convicted cultists and 15 years for those found guilty of abetting cultism.
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The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday signed the anti-cultism bill, which prescribes a 21-year jail term for convicted cultists, into law.
The event held at the Banquet Hall in the State House, Alausa, on Monday.
The new law, “Prohibition of Unlawful Societies and Cultism of 2021” seeks to combat cultism in Lagos State by giving stiffer punishments to convicted cultists and those abetting them.
The law stipulates 21-year jail term for convicted cultists and 15-year jail time for those found guilty of abetting cultism.
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