The member representing Oriade State Constituency within the Osun State Home of Meeting, Mr. Kanmi Ajibola, has written the management of the Nationwide Meeting demanding that loss of life penalty be made a punishment for corruption.
Ajibola, in his five-page letter addressed to the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio; and the Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, copies of which have been obtained in Osogbo on Friday, stated the extent of corruption within the nation has made it essential to introduce capital punishment into Nigeria’s anti-graft legal guidelines.
The previous Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Affiliation, Ilesa Department, who lamented the massive sources the nation has misplaced to corruption, stated if such monies had been correctly utilised, Nigeria wouldn’t be scuffling with infrastructure deficit.
Citing Sections 4(1) and (3) of the Structure, the lawyer stated it was inside the purview of the Nationwide Meeting to make legal guidelines that may assist the nation halt corrupt practices amongst its residents.
He declared that the anti-corruption legal guidelines and Acts of their present varieties in Nigeria should not result-oriented, therefore the necessity for the introduction of capital punishment.
The letter partly learn, “As a human rights activist, I shouldn’t be considering of a capital punishment to curb or drastically minimise corruption in Nigeria, however for the truth that the acts of the few leaders which can be corrupt are resulting in the loss of life of their harmless topics, I believe that is the one means and the onerous means.
“It’s an axiomatic proven fact that f this stealing spree regularly persists unchecked, the nation will in the end find yourself in an premature grave. To stop the sudden and premature loss of life of Nigeria, the 1999 Structure has empowered the Nationwide Meeting with this accountability to make legal guidelines for the peace, order and good authorities of the federation.
“At this very second, earlier than corruption kills Nigeria, it’s fascinating that Nigeria strikes sooner to kill corruption. The incumbent management of the Nationwide Meeting could be the Moses and Musa of the current Nigerian era by eradicating the nation out of loss of life lure of corruption and its killing venom.
“As a result of non-availability of efficient legal guidelines to checkmate corruption the best way it ought to be correctly checked, there are lack of peace, order, good governance and good authorities within the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“That Nigeria might proceed to stay, there’s a compelling want for the prevailing public corruption to be curbed and managed by capital punishment in our legal guidelines.
“Throughout the thirty days of the receipt of this letter, I plead with the Nationwide Meeting to carry out this public obligation to save lots of Nigeria by introducing penalty clause of capital punishment into our Anti-Corruption Legal guidelines and Acts.”
