Rivers State Governor, Nysom Ezenwo Wike on Thursday vowed to sign the death warrant of cultists convicted to have killed people during their operation without hesitation or looking back.
Wike spoke after signing three bills into law at the State House, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Wike said that the laws were necessary to enhance security across the state.
On the Anti-kidnapping and Anti-Cultism Laws, Wike said that stiffer penalties had been approved to discourage those who might want to be involved in the offences. “If you are a cultist and you are caught, it is life imprisonment. If you are a cultist and you kill during cult activities, you will face the death penalty. If you are convicted of kidnapping and the Supreme Court affirms your conviction, I will sign the death warrant without looking back. He also said that the Neighbourhood Watch Safety Corps would support existing security agencies with intelligence and information for them to effectively fight crime and make the state safer.
He said: “If your hands are clean, you have nothing to fear about the three laws that I have given assent to. He also debunked claims by opposition elements that the state government planned to use the Neighbourhood Watch to arm youths, saying that the corps was a replica of what was already in existence in Lagos State.
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"If your hands are clean" what if someone gets framed like in political witch hunt?
ReplyDeletewell, this might be another avenue to get rid of political opponents, etc. Make dem take am softly oo. I see innocent people going down under this new law but the real cultists are on their payroll though. Are they not the same thugs they use??
Hmmmm!
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The decision is a nice one but will it be appropriately implemented?
ReplyDeleteHmmm....
ReplyDeleteProper investigation should be made, so as not to sentence innocent framed ones. Nice decision anyway
ReplyDeleteI concur!deadly frats everywhere..
ReplyDeleteMisplaced priorities. You have an environmental hazard currently and you are chasing cultists.
ReplyDeleteCreate jobs for unemployment youths & stop killing them, wicked politicians
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