Governor Seeks Death Penalty for Kidnappers, Sends Bill to State Assembly

Governor seeks death penalty for kidnappers, sends bill to state assembly

A traditional ruler, who was the father of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Kelechi Igwe, was abducted on 1 March 1 while on his way to church before being found dead the following day.

Monarch’s murder: Nwifuru seeks death penalty for kidnappers

By Jeff Agbodo Ebonyi State Government has forwarded an executive bill to the State House of Assembly seeking to make kidnapping a capital offence punishable by death without an option of alternative punishment. Governor Francis Nwifuru disclosed this at the weekend during the funeral of the slain traditional ruler of Ndufu-Alike autonomous community in Ikwo […]

Ebonyi Governor Seeks Death Penalty for Kidnappers

Governor Francis Nwifuru has proposed a bill to the Ebonyi State House of Assembly seeking the death penalty for kidnappers following the death of a traditional ruler.

Ebonyi Governor Plans Death Penalty for Kidnappers After Traditional Ruler Is Killed - NewsTmes.com.ng

(Governor Francis Nwifuru. Photo by Ebonyi State Government) The Ebonyi State Government has pass a new bill to the State House of Assembly. That kidnappers will carry the death penalty by hanging, with no other punishment allowed. Governor Francis Nwifuru announced the plan over the weekend at the funeral of the traditional ruler of …