A bill which prescribes life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of sexual offences like rape and child sex trafficking was on Wednesday passed into law by the Senate. Rape, child sex trafficking and people who deliberately infect others with HIV/AIDS are some of the offences listed in the bill.

The bill which is expected to pass concurrence in the House of Representatives on Thursday prescribes 10 years for incest; 10 years imprisonment for child pornography or a fine of N2m, while those who engage in sex abuse will go to jail for 14 years. The Chairman, Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Umaru Dahiru, expressed happiness on the passage of the bill which has been pending in the Senate since 2013.


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