NewsNigeriaPoliticsEnugu Lawmakers Amending Criminal Code Law to Criminalize Ransom Payment
The bill to amend the 2004 Criminal Code Law has scaled through a second reading at the Enugu State House of Assembly. Presenting the bill at the Hallowed Chamber on Tuesday, the Leader of the House, Mr. Iloabuchi Aniagu said amendment of the Criminal code law has become expedient as criminal elements generate huge money from ransom paid from kidnapped individual’s families and friends; “they have turned kidnapping to lucrative business.” Aniagu argued that criminalizing...