In an effort to finally nip rampant cases of rape in and around Adamawa state in the bud, the Legislators at the state House of Assembly have unanimously considered and adopted death sentence for rapists.
According to the legislators, whoever that committed rape with a child below five (5) years shall be convicted and sentenced to death.
Likewise, the legislators have resolved and adopted that whoever that committed rape with a woman of any age bracket shall be convicted and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment.
The convict, according to the Honourable Members, shall also be punished with community service for 5 days every week within his locality with an inscription on the back of his uniform "Na Yi Fyade" meaning "I am a Rapist".
The Legislators further resolved that whenever the court discovers that the convict is a child, it shall proceed under the children and young person law, and added that whenever a court is adjudicating on a rape case, corroboration shall be immaterial.
These were part of the amendments carried out on section 261 (1) and (2) of the state Penal Code Law number 10 of 2018 with a view to providing stiffer punishment for the offence of rape in the state at a resumed plenary session today.
NEWS PLATFORM learnt that the decision of the Lawmakers to amend the law is aimed at curtailing the cases of rape by providing capital punishment so as to serve as deterrence to other criminally minded persons around the state.
The amendment was sequel to the consideration of the report of the House Standing Committee on Judiciary and Entrepreneurship Development headed by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon. Pwamwakeno Mackondo(Numan).
Earlier, the Committee which has Hon. Hamidu Sajo Lekki(Yola North), Hon. Hammantukur Yetisuri(Jada Mbulo), Hon. Shuaibu Dan Musa(Mubi North) and Hon. Musa Umar Bororo(Mubi South) as members, conducted a public hearing on the bill where relevant stakeholders submitted inputs to that effect.
Hon. Mackondo"s committee collected inputs from the Ministry of Justice, High Court of Justice, Nigeria Police Force, International Federation of Women Lawyers(FIDA) and Rule of Law and Anti Corruption (ROLAC), hence arriving at such recommendations for capital punishment.
The Committee has informed the Honourable House that it had found out that rape and kidnapping have become the order of the day in Adamawa, hence the urgent need to checkmate such crimes.
After the consideration and adoption of the report, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas who presided over the sitting, directed the Chairman Rules and Business of the House to schedule the bill for third reading.
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