Some protesters stormed the National
Assembly on Wednesday and demanded a legislation that would prescribed
death penalty as punishment for corruption in the country.
Speaking under a group, Voice of the
Voiceless, they said there was no way Nigeria would.....
made progress if
corruption in public office was not brought under control.
They wrote separate letters to the
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara.
In the letter to the House, which was
signed by the National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Oliver Ezeala, the
protesters wrote, “Corruption, as we are all aware of, has eaten so deep
into the fabric of this great nation and we are strongly advocating the
death penalty to anybody who is found guilty of corrupt practices, no
matter how highly-placed such an individual is in the society.
“Nigeria has tried every other measure of deterrent but to no avail.
“We want this great nation to toe the
path of countries such as Indonesia, Singapore, China and other world
powers who have achieved so much developmental strides as a result of
their zero tolerance for corruption.”
However, they said they were confident
that with President Muhammadu Buhari in power, the fight against
corruption would be fast-tracked.
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