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LequteMan
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The Attorney General of the Federation, Mallam Abubakar Malami, has stated that convicted Boko Haram members could not be sentenced to death in Nigeria because they were tried under the Terrorism Prevention Act.
He spoke at the launch of amnesty’s report on Global Death Sentences and Executions 2015, in Abuja. He was represented by Sylvester Imahanobe.
“Terrorists in Nigeria are tried under the Terrorism Prevention Act which does not carry death penalty. That is why even those Boko Haram members, who have been convicted cannot be executed because the maximum sentence prescribed by the law is life sentence.”
He said they are willing to support whatever bill Amnesty International proposes in regards to the abolition of death sentence because according to him, studies conducted have shown that the death penalty has not stopped people from committing crimes.
He also said that they are working towards making sure that the prison system was corrective and not punitive.
He spoke at the launch of amnesty’s report on Global Death Sentences and Executions 2015, in Abuja. He was represented by Sylvester Imahanobe.
“Terrorists in Nigeria are tried under the Terrorism Prevention Act which does not carry death penalty. That is why even those Boko Haram members, who have been convicted cannot be executed because the maximum sentence prescribed by the law is life sentence.”
He said they are willing to support whatever bill Amnesty International proposes in regards to the abolition of death sentence because according to him, studies conducted have shown that the death penalty has not stopped people from committing crimes.
He also said that they are working towards making sure that the prison system was corrective and not punitive.
