Legislator advocates death penalty, amputation for treasury looters
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by the high level of corruption in the country, the Minority Leader and
member, House of Representatives, Chikun/Kajuru federal constituency of
Kaduna State, Umar Yakubu Barde, has advocated for capital punishment
for those found guilty of looting the treasury.
In the interim, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
legislator urged the Federal Government to immediately sponsor a law to
be included in the country’s legal statute for the amputation of the
hands of those who looted public funds.
He said those who stole in millions of naira should have
their hands amputated, while those who looted billions of naira should
be hanged until certified dead.
Speaking yesterday at a press conference with Kaduna State chapter of
correspondents chapel of Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ),
Barde said that some members of the lower chamber who agree with his
view are already looking at the prospect of implementing such law.
The lawmaker called for special courts rather than the conventional court to try and sentence looters of public money.
Barde said: “I am a believer of the fact that people should be
punished for whatever offense they commit. And I am also of the belief
that punishment should also be segregated according to the offense. At
least, your punishment should be commensurate with what you have done.”
“For me, if you ask me, if someone steals from N1 million to N100
million, they should cut his hand. Yes, there is nothing wrong with
that, so that when we see him, we will know yes, he stole. And those who
steal from billions upward should be hanged and their property
confiscated.
“You can imagine this issue of arms deal. If you know this money is
meant for the procurement of arms, weapons, my brothers and sisters
here, if you have a brother in the army, he is sent to the war front and
because his weapons are archaic and he is killed.
Do you now want to have sympathy for someone who knows that the money
was meant for arms and he pocketed it? It is so painful, we have lost
loved ones.”
The legislator continued: “If I am a judge and such a person is
brought before me, I will seize his property and make sure he is also
killed. Because he is responsible the blood of the people killed in the
war front.
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