Osun mulls death penalty for kidnappers

The Osun state house of assembly says it will soon review the state’s criminal law to provide for death penalty for kidnapping in the state.

Najeem Salaam, speaker of the assembly, made this known when Ayodele Olusola, the new commandant of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state, visited him in his office in Osogbo on Tuesday.

He expressed optimism that the review would discourage kidnapping and other associated vices in Osun.

According to him, the assembly wants to be proactive in making laws that will protect lives and property.

Salaam urged the NSCDC commandant to provide adequate security during the house of assembly bye-election in Ife Central constituency.

“I want to urge you to ensure violence-free election. We don’t want bloodshed before, during and after the election, and that is why I am pleading with you to mount surveillance around lfe,” he said.

The bye-election is as a result of the death of Dejo Makinde, representative of the constituency.

Makinde, who died in December, 2015 was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and minority leader of the house.

Earlier, Olusola said the NSCDC command in the state would do the needful to protect lives and property before and during the election.

He added that the command would continue to execute its mandate of protecting government facilities at all times.