Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna state has signed into law the Penal Code 2020, which recommends castration of child rapists. These new provisions include the punishments of surgical castration and bilateral salpingectomy for male and female convicts of child rape, and death. Disclosing this in a statement signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor (Media & Communication), the governor said that the convicts will be listed in the Sex Offenders Register to be published by the Attorney-General of the state. The statement reads thus: Following Malam El-Rufais assent…
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