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A bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned, or wrongfully confined in the country was on Wednesday, May 19 considered by the Nigerian senate.
The bill titled Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which stipulates a 15-year jail sentence for anyone found guilty of such action is being sponsored by Senator Ezenwa Francis Onyewuchi and it scaled second reading during plenary, Vanguard reports.
Onyewuchi who raised an alarm of kidnapping becoming a lucrative business in the country said the bill essentially seeks to substitute for section 14 of the Principal Act a new section to read: “Anyone who transfers funds, makes payment or colludes with an abductor, kidnapper or terrorist to receive any ransom for the release of any person who has been wrongfully confined, imprisoned or kidnapped is guilty of a felony and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less
Senate Proposes Bill Prohibiting Payment of Ransom to Kidnappers
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Senate proposes 15-year jail term for ransom payment to kidnappers
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