Delta State Governor, ifeanyi Okowa has on Friday signed the
Delta Anti-Kidnapping Bill into law. The law provides life imprisonment for
kidnappers. The governor also assented to three other bills as passed by Delta
House of Assembly and presented by its Speaker, Mr Monday Igbuya.
The other bills signed into law were the State Security
Trust Fund Amendment Law; State Advisory Council on the Prerogative of Mercy
Law, and State Economic Council Amendment Law, 2016.
Okowa in his brief remarks said that the amended
Anti-Kidnapping Law made provisions for the demolition of kidnappers’ houses
and properties, acquired with proceeds from kidnapping. He thanked the speaker
and members of the assembly for painstakingly delivering the bills in good
time.
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