Senate passes Life Imprisonment on rape

The Senate has passed the sexual offences bill which now attracts life imprisonment for anybody found guilty of rape, child sex tourism or deliberate passage of HIV/AIDS to innocent citizens, and other sexual offences.

This was contained in the
Sexual Offences Bill sponsored by Senator Chris Anyanwu, which was passed into law yesterday by the Senate.
The bill prescribes life imprisonment for gang rape, 10 years for incest, another 10 years imprisonment for child pornography or more and a fine of N2 million as well as 14 years jail term for sexual offences. According to Vanguard,Sponsor of the bill and Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, Navy, Senator Anyanwu who represents Imo East, expressed happiness on the passage of the bill, which had been
pending in the Senate since 2013.

"The new law also provides for effective
witness protection programme to protect
victims and witnesses in trial for sexual
offences.
“It also provides for compulsory
documentation, supervision of sexual
offenders and medical treatment for
victims, which is in line with the global
trend and finally, and most importantly, it
provides for adequate and stringent punishments to perpetrators.”

The new sexual offences law also
criminalises people who deliberately lace
drinks with drugs to sexually abuse victims, prostitution of persons with mental disabilities, among others.

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