Nigeria's Senate on Wednesday passed a bill imposing jail terms of at least 15 years for paying ransom to free someone who has been kidnapped, and made the crime of abduction punishable by death in cases where victims die.
Opeyemi Bamidele, chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Committee, told the Senate on that making ransom payment punishable with lengthy jail sentences would “discourage the rising spate of kidnapping and abduction for ransom in Nigeria.
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