Ambode okays death penalty for kidnappers...signs anti-kidnapping, sporting bills into Law

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday signed into law the anti-kidnapping bill recently passed by the State House of Assembly, with a pledge to ensure its full implementation to eradicate kidnapping once and for all in the State. The Prohibition of the Act of Kidnapping Law imposes a penalty of life imprisonment on kidnapping for ransom. 

The law also stipulates that where a victim dies in the course of kidnap, the suspect is liable on conviction to death.