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On Wednesday, the Sexual Offences Bill, which prescribes life imprisonment for paedophiles passed through second reading at the floor of the Senate.
The bill which was first introduced by the 6th senate also seeks to make sexual assault an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of not less than 10 years, which could be extended to life imprisonment.
In a lead debate, Sen. Chris Anyanwu,the sponsor of the bill, decried the increasing incidence of sexual crimes against women, children and men in the country.
“Hardly any day passes without reports in the media of one form of abhorrent sexual crime or the other, ranging from rape, defilement of children and animism.
"The children and young people of this country, both male and female, today face a growing danger as they are being routinely targeted by sexual predators and paedophiles,’’ the senator said.
Anyanwu bemoaned the disturbing trend of new dimensions of sexual crimes, which included “a gang of boys lacing a girl's drink with drug, then raping and strangling her to death.
“This is something that belonged to the realm of theory, but now it is happening”.
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, urged the senators to support the speedy passage of the bill.
“We should give the bill the necessary support for it to get a quick passage, considering the fact that it will save us from the virus which is widely spreading in the society,’’ he said.(NAN)
The bill which was first introduced by the 6th senate also seeks to make sexual assault an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of not less than 10 years, which could be extended to life imprisonment.
In a lead debate, Sen. Chris Anyanwu,the sponsor of the bill, decried the increasing incidence of sexual crimes against women, children and men in the country.
“Hardly any day passes without reports in the media of one form of abhorrent sexual crime or the other, ranging from rape, defilement of children and animism.
"The children and young people of this country, both male and female, today face a growing danger as they are being routinely targeted by sexual predators and paedophiles,’’ the senator said.
Anyanwu bemoaned the disturbing trend of new dimensions of sexual crimes, which included “a gang of boys lacing a girl's drink with drug, then raping and strangling her to death.
“This is something that belonged to the realm of theory, but now it is happening”.
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, urged the senators to support the speedy passage of the bill.
“We should give the bill the necessary support for it to get a quick passage, considering the fact that it will save us from the virus which is widely spreading in the society,’’ he said.(NAN)
