Ebonyi State Government has forwarded an executive bill to the State House of Assembly seeking to make k!dnapping a capital offence punishable by de.ath without an option of alternative punishment
Governor Francis Nwifuru disclosed this at the weekend during the funeral of the slain traditional ruler of Ndufu-Alike autonomous community in Ikwo Local Government Area, HRH Eze Francis Igwe.
Igwe, father of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, Eric Igwe, was abducted on Sunday, March 1, while on his way to church. He was reportedly k!lled by his abductors a day after.
Speaking at the funeral, conducted by the Assemblies of God Church, Nwifuru lamented what he described as the moral deterioration among Nigerian youths, expressing concern about their readiness to assume leadership positions in the future.
He also pledged to implement any court decision against those arrested over the monarch’s murder, adding that the proposed legislation was intended to deter kidnapping and abduction in the state.
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