UPDATED: Kidnapping: Senate insists on death penalty for perpetrators, financiers, informants

Senate bows to pressure, amends e-transmission of election results

…lawmakers insist no mercy for perpetrators The Senate on Wednesday passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Terrorism (Prevention and Prohibition) Act to classify kidnapping, hostage-taking and related offences as acts of terrorism. The bill, sponsored by Senate Leader Opeyemi

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