In Yobe, Rape A Minor Bag Life Imprisonment

Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam has signed into law the state Penal Code 2018 amendment bill.

Gaidam signed the bill in the government house yesterday as he explained that the bill now allows punishment to be given for rape, gay act and kidnapping offenses which have become rampant in the state.

“Our administration has taken measures to curtail them and ensure the protection of societal morality. Every society acknowledges the relevance of morality to the sustenance of societal discipline”, the governor said during the signing of the bill.

“The law stipulates clearly that whoever commits rape, where the victim is a minor, shall be punished with imprisonment for life and where the victim is an adult and shall be jailed for a term of 25 years.

“Furthermore, whoever is ascertained and convicted to have carnal knowledge, against the order of nature, of any man, woman, or animal is said to have committed an unnatural offense and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term that may extend to 25 years or not below 14 years”.

He further said that a record will be kept by the court to keep track of convicted rapist and related offender, adding that the register “will be made accessible to the public to portray the shameful act committed by the culprits”.