Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake
Dickson has prescribed death penalty for kidnappers.
The Governor said a bill to this effect will
be forwarded to the State House of Assembly for passage into law.
Dickson made this known during the swearing in
ceremony of Chairman and members of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on
Agbere communal crisis, held at the Government House, Yenagoa.
The Governor said that he would not hesitate to
sign the death warrant of kidnappers or those attempting to commit the crime as
government would no longer condone acts of lawlessness.
He threatened that any traditional ruler caught
aiding and abetting kidnapping and other related vices would be dealt with in
accordance with the law.
The Bill, according to the Governor, became
imperative in order to forestall disruption of government’s developmental
projects.
He thereby urged youths to take advantage of
government’s policies and programmes geared towards building their capacity.
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