Insecurity: Nigerian lawmakers begin process of imposing death penalty for kidnappers, bill passes first reading
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Summary: The Anti-Terrorism amendment bill passed its first reading just a day after lawmakers resolved to classify kidnapping as terrorism.
A bill seeking to amend Nigeria’s Anti-Terrorism Act to prescribe a death penalty without the option of a fine, for all kidnapping offences, has passed first reading in the Senate.
The bill, titled “Terrorism (Prevention & Prohibition) Act (Amendment) Bill 2025 (SB.969),” was sponsored by the Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central).
It was introduced in the upper chamber on
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