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Thursday, 18 June 2015

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 stop in the country until such capital punishment is instilled.
The group wrote separate letters to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara.
In the letter to the House, which was signed by the National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Oliver Ezeala, the protesters wrote,
“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.”
However, they said they were confident that with President Muhammadu Buhari 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,” the letter added.

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