KADUNA LAWMAKERS APPROVES CASTRATION AS PENALTY FOR RAPISTS
The Kaduna House of Assembly, on Friday, September 11th, 2020, has approved castration as penalty for anyone declared guilty of rape in the State.
This comes after the State Penal Code (No.5) was revised, indicating firmer punishments for rapists in the State as part of measures to protect women and children from all forms of sexual molestation.
The spokesman of the Kaduna State House of Assemble, Musa Ahmed, told Channels TV that anyone convicted of rape would have his organ surgically removed so that even upon completion of his jail term, the molester would not be able to commit the crime again.
He said in addition to the castration of the convicted rapist, the molester would be sentenced to 21 years imprisonment for the rape of an adult, life imprisonment for the rape of a minor.
Recall that during a public hearing on the Bill seeking the amendment of the penal code last month, the wife of the Kaduna state Governor, Ummi El-Rufai, proposed either castration or death sentence for rapists, even as she described such act as a gross violation of the rights of women and children.
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