Niger governor advocates stiffer penalty for bandits, kidnappers
TODAY January 24, 2021 The Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, has called for stiffer penalty for those found guilty of banditry, kidnapping and their informants. Speaking during the swearing-in of the third female Chief Judge of the state, Aisha Bwari, at the Government House, Minna weekend, Governor Bello said if stiffer penalties are introduced for those found guilty of banditry and kidnapping and their informants, the incidences will be greatly reduced. He also said that informants of bandits and kidnappers should be treated in the same way as those actually committing the...