Governor
Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, signed the states Kidnapping
Prohibition Law as amended, which prescribes the death penalty for kidnappers.
Speaking
while signing the law, the Governor said government would do everything within
its powers to ensure the safety of lives and property in the state.
According
to him “I have just signed into law a bill amending the Kidnapping Provision
Law 2009 as amended by the state House of Assembly which now prescribes death
penalty for anyone who is involved in any form of kidnapping.
Oshiomhole
said the overwhelming majority of the criminals are migrant criminals
from nieighbouring states and far away to perpetuate crime, adding that
everything is being done to ensure that the security agencies put a security
machinery in place to fight the menace.
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