Senate penalty for kidnapper's in State

Members of the Senate yesterday May 4th,
agreed to facilitate
the process of enacting a
law that will prescribe death penalty to anyone
found guilty of kidnapping. At the house
plenary, the senate prevailed on state governors
to also enact laws that will prosecute anyone
found guilty of kidnapping.
Speaking during the debate, Deputy Senate
President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, supported
the motion and also narrated his personal
experience with kidnappers
“Just recently, one of my relations also
was kidnapped. So, I believe I am talking
as an expert or an experienced person in
kidnapping. I know the psychology of
kidnappers because I stayed for two
days with them. These are normal
human beings who are sometimes
looking for money and also afraid of
security agencies. I think there are three
types of kidnappers. There are some
who kidnapped either to make a
statement or to intimidate the
government, like the Boko Haram people
and the Niger Delta militants. Then there
is another type of kidnappers, these are
just normal armed robbers. Sometimes,
they just kidnapped you, put you in the
boot and they can even use the vehicle
as an escape or they use it to rob. Such
kidnappers, once they succeed, it’s
either they take away the vehicle, use it
or they dump their victim. But the third
type, which is very dangerous, is the
professional kidnappers, who kidnapped
for money and that is the one we are
focusing on this afternoon. We have
encouraged this type of kidnapping
because we panic and pay money most
times. This kind of kidnappers, when
they take you, they put you somewhere
else and they can refer you to negotiate
so that they can set you free and go for
another business. Most times, our
people are reluctant to delay or endure
the inconvenience or the hardship and
then they quickly negotiate and if we
can discourage this kind of kidnappings,
the only way forward is to insist that you
will not pay.”
Also speaking during the deliberation, Senator
Dino Melaye said firing squad should be adopted
for any suspected kidnapper that is found guilty.