A group known as the voice of the voiceless yesterday stormed the National Assembly in their numbers and demanded a legislation that would prescribe death penalty as punishment for corruption in Nigeria. While speaking, the group noted that there was no way corruption could be stopped in the country until such capital punishment is instilled.
They wrote letters to the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara explaining why such a law should be made.
“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,” the National Coordinator of the group, Mr. Oliver Ezeala said in one of the letter.
They said they were confident that with the new President in power, the fight against corruption would be fast-tracked.
“We believe that he will fight this our common hydra-headed enemy to a complete standstill,” he further said in the letter.
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