Ekiti proposes life jail for kidnappers
The Ekiti State government has forwarded a bill to the
House of Assembly proposing life imprisonment for any individual
convicted of kidnapping in the state.
The proposed anti-kidnapping law was one of the decisions reached at
the State Executive Council presided over by the Deputy Governor, Dr.
Kolapo Olusola.
Briefing the press on Friday after the meeting, the Attorney General
and Commissioner for Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, explained that the proposed
law would halt the trend
of kidnapping which reached an alarming
proportion in the state between May and June.
Ajayi stated that the law also proposed that all moveable properties
used by the abductors would be confiscated by the state government.
The Justice Commissioner said the state government considered the act
of kidnapping, which is now rampart, as a serious social menace which
must be discouraged and curtailed with a stern penalty that would curb
the perpetrators and their collaborators before it gets out of hand.
He also disclosed that the government had decided to review the
tenure of local government officials from three years to two years to
enhance more effective participatory governance at the grassroots.
Ajayi added that the establishment of the Office of Public Defenders
was also considered to enable the indigent with criminal cases have
access to fair hearing by providing legal representation for them.
According to the Attorney-General, all the bills had been prepared
and would be sent to the Ekiti State House of Assembly in earnest for
deliberation and passage into laws.
Also briefing the press, the Commissioner for Local Government and
Chieftaincy Affairs, Kola Kolade, said the Council approval of Prince
Ajayi Oluwasesan Omolagba of Odanaogun Ruling House as the new Oba to
occupy the stool of the Alasa of Ilasa-Ekiti which has been vacant since
1st October, 2012.
Prince Adetiba Jimoh Oluwagbemiga of Ogbalegbojuotupe Ruling House
was approved to occupy the stool of the Ajagun of Ilumoba-Ekiti which
has been vacant since 30th July, 2009.
According to Kolade, all the necessary traditional and legal rules
and procedures were critically considered and followed before the
approval.
The Commissioner for Works and Transport, Kayode Oso, said that the
State Executive Council also approved the reconstruction of the failed
culverts at Iwesu River and the bridge in Otun-Ekiti which had become a
death trap to the people and commuters plying the area.
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