The Kaduna State House of Assembly has approved castration as punishment for those convicted of rape. The majority leader of the assembly announced the development on Twitter on Thursday.
The bill was passed about two months after the Kaduna State Governor Malam Nasir El-Rufai advocated a stiff punishment for rapists. The governor had noted that convicts often rape more persons after serving their jail term.
“In addition to life imprisonment or 21 years’ imprisonment, anyone convicted of rape will have his organ surgically removed so that even after he finishes his term, he will not be able to rape anyone again,” “So long as the tool exists, there is the likelihood that he may go back to do it again. Most of the perpetrators are young people, so even after 21 years, they can come back and continue.”
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