
Senate Deputy Chief Whip: Death Penalty Dropped From Hate Speech Bill
LAGOS JANUARY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, sponsor of the National Commission for the Prohibition of Hate Speech (Establishment) Bill 2019 has hinted that the death penalty has been dropped. The bill prescribes that any person who commits hate speech offence shall be liable to life imprisonment and where the act causes…