Friday 14 December 2012

National Assembly agrees on death penalty for terrorists

The National Assembly on Thursday agreed that any terrorist act that
results in the death of another Nigerian would carry a death penalty.


This is contained in the report by the conference committee of the
National Assembly that harmonised the different versions of the
amendment bill passed by both chambers.


The Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2011 (Amendment) Bill, 2012 was passed
by the House of Representatives on October 11 and by the Senate on
Wednesday, October 17th Presenting the committee's report on the
floor of the Senate on Thursday, Chairman, Senate Committee on
National Security and Intelligence.

Source : punchng.com