Following the recommendation of death penalty for kidnappers, the Senate has been urged to take a step further and recommend same punishment for treasury looters.
This call was contained in a statement issued by the chairman, Association of Online Media Practitioners, Wole Arisekola.
He noted that while the recommendation made during the week by the senators prescribing death penalty for kidnappers was laudable, the lawmakers should go a step further by also recommending same punishment for public officials who loot the treasury.
Arisekola, in the statement noted that “the same law should be passed on corrupt public officials because corruption is wors
e than kidnapping”, noting that “kidnappers cannot kidnap the whole nation but corruption kills the entire nation”.
He stressed further that “corruption is the bane of our underdevelopment, it is the reason behind all the social ills including kidnapping. It is the reason why there are no drugs in hospitals, why our roads are in deplorable conditions, the educational sector is in comatose and why the whole nation is still in darkness.”
It stated further that “One must however, commend the senators for rising to the occasion by recommending death penalty for kidnappers who are making the country unsafe for all, it is also patient that we should tackle the foundation of crime in our society before we deal with criminals”.
He expressed firm optimism that “this proposal, I belief, if considered and passed by the lawmakers, will act as a deterrent to whoever might be nursing any idea of defrauding this great nation of ours now or in the future”.
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