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Shehu Sani took to his Twitter page to reveal that the bill will not see the light of day.
 A former Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Shehu Sani has kicked against a bill seeking to criminalise protests.
In a Twitter post, Sani said the bill will not see the light of day.
He wrote:
"The Bill to criminalise protest will not see the light of the day despite their rubber stamp mentality"
His tweet comes after it was reported that the bill had passed second reading in the Senate.
The bill which was sponsored by Rep. Emeka Chinedu Martins
(PDP-Imo), seeks to amend the Criminal Code Act, Cap 38, Laws of the
Federation of Nigeria, 2004 “to further preserve the sanctity of
human life and property, and to provide specifically for the crime of
mob action, prescribe punishment and other matters.”
The bill proposes to punish individuals who participate in unlawful assembly, riot and mob action.
“When an unlawful assembly has begun to act in so tumultuous a
manner as to disturb the peace, the assembly is called a riot, and the
persons assembled are said to be riotously assembled.
“When an unlawful assembly becomes violent as to commit
unlawful acts against any person or property, the assembly is called a
mob and their violent act is referred to as mob action”.
The bill also stated that whoever participate in a riot is guilty
of a felony and is liable to imprisonment for three years, while mob
action is five years imprisonment.
“The Criminal Code Act in section 69 defines riot as when an
unlawful assembly turns tumultuous as to disturb the peace, but did not
provide for when the unlawful assembly turns violent against persons and
property.
“This amendment to the Bill seeks to remedy that by providing
for specific amendments to sections 69, 71 and 76 of the Criminal Code
Act dealing with mob action and further prescribing punishment for the
crime.
“The amendment to the Act will encourage our law enforcement
agencies to go after persons involved in mob action and give impetus to
the criminal justice system to bring such offenders to book.”, he added. | ||||
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