The Kaduna State House of Assembly has approved a bill that would require rape convicts to be castrated.
The council posted on its Twitter account on Thursday that the bill was approved on Wednesday at a parliamentary session.
Wife of Kaduna State Governor Hadiza El-Rufai had on Monday visited the assembly to advocate for law castrating and executing rapists.
The state’s first lady said an average of five rape cases, especially of minors, are reported daily in Kaduna.
Her visit came ahead of the public hearing on the bill for a law to amend the Kaduna state Penal Code 2017 after the bill scaled through the second reading.
“I am here to see how our respected lawmakers can expedite speedy passage of the amended bill on sexual violence. It is happening to our children and women every day. Our children and women need to be protected and that is why I’m seeking for the speedy passage of the bill,” Mrs El-Rufai had said.
“Already, the governor is doing a lot to make Kaduna a safe place for all citizens irrespective of their gender and with all hands on deck, that is possible.
“We have three to five cases of rape from all parts of Kaduna on a daily basis. I am saying this because I am directly involved having been working closely with groups of individuals working on sexual violence here in Kaduna.
“So, I believe, if we have this bill passed into law, our children and women in Kaduna will be safer than what we are seeing now. This is why we are calling on our lawmakers if possible, to ensure hash penalties include castration and death sentence to serve as deterrent to intending and existing rapists.”
