Protesters Storm National Assembly, Demand Death Penalty For Corrupt Leaders

A group known as the voice of the voiceless yesterday
stormed the National Assembly in their numbers and demanded a legislation that
would prescribe death penalty as punishment for corruption in Nigeria. While
speaking, the group noted that there was no way corruption could be stopped in the
country until such capital punishment is instilled.

They wrote letters to the President of the Senate, Bukola
Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara explaining
why such a law should be made.

“Corruption, as we are all aware of, has eaten so deep into
the fabric of this great nation and we are strongly advocating the death
penalty to anybody who is found guilty of corrupt practices, no matter how
highly-placed such an individual is in the society. Nigeria has tried every
other measure of deterrent but to no avail. We want this great nation to toe
the path of countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, China and other world
powers who have achieved so much developmental strides as a result of their
zero tolerance for corruption,” the National Coordinator of the group, Mr.
Oliver Ezeala said in one of the letter.

They said they were confident that with the new President in
power, the fight against corruption would be fast-tracked.

“We believe that he will fight this our common hydra-headed
enemy to a complete standstill,” he further said in the letter.