Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu has assented into law the Model Penal Code 2021 and four others.
With the assenting into Law of the Model Penal Code 2021, punishment for Kidnapping in Kebbi State under section 247 of the law is death while punishment for Rape under section 259 sub-section 1 is life imprisonment.
This was confirmed in a statement signed by the State Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice , Hajiya Rahmatu Adamu Gulma.
Gulma listed the bills assented into law by the Governor on Thursday to include: the Administration of Criminal Justice Law 2021, the Model Penal Code Law,2021,a law to repeal and to re-enact law number 3 of 2002, the establishment of Kebbi State College of Nursing Sciences , Birnin Kebbi,2021.
The rest are , a law to repeal and to re-enact law number 10 of 2004, the establishment of Kebbi State College of Health Technology, Jega, 2021 and a law to repeal and re-enact Law no 5 of 1993 , the establishment of Adamu Augie College of Education, Argungu, 2021.
The statement added that Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu also in December 2020, assented to administration and collection of revenue due to the state and local government Councils in Kebbi State,2020.
The Attorney General made it clear that with the coming into Law of the administration of Criminal Justice, there would be less custodial sentencing as the Courts would have the flexibility of non-custodial sentencing for minor offences .
She explained that the Prisons would therefore be less congested and there would be accelerated and speedy trials of Criminal offences.
