Informants who aid and abet kidnapping in Niger State will now face death sentence by hanging.
This is contained in am amended anti- kidnapping and Cattle Rustling Special Provisions Law, 2021, signed by the state Govenor, Abubakar Sani Bello, on Friday.
At a brief event held at Government House Minna Bello said the law provides that “whoever instigates any person to kidnap a person or rustle cattle, or intentionally aides, abets or facilitate by any acts of omission or commission of the offence of kidnapping and or Cattle Rustling is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to death by hanging in public”
He said the punitive measure is a good stride and has become necessary given the security challenges that has continued to threaten the peaceful coexistence of the state in particular and the country in general.
Other laws signed by the governor of Friday are: the Niger State Vigilante Corps (Amendment) Law, 2021; the Niger State House of Assembly Service Commission Law, 2020, the Office of the Auditor-General of the State Law, 2021 and the Office of the Auditor General of the Local Government Law, 2021
