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November 13, 2019
Criticisms have trailed the proposed Bill seeking deathpenalty on anyone convicted of hate speech.
The Bill to establish a National Commission for theProhibition of Hate Speeches passed its first reading on the floor of theSenate.
The Bill, sponsored by Deputy Chief Whip of the Senate,Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi is coming just one week after the lawmakers initiatedmoves to regulate the use of Social Media.
Abdullahi had proposed death by hanging for personsconvicted for hate speech, depending on the degree of the offence.
The Bill also provides for life jail, five years ofimprisonment, or an option of ten million naira fine for persons convicted ofhate speech.
Reacting, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Agbakoba Olisa, toldthe senators to kill the Bill, as it was irrelevant and unnecessary.
Another SAN, Mike Ozekhome described it as draconian andshould be aborted as a malformed embryo at its second reading before it isdelivered as a societal monster.
A journalist and Executive Director, International PressCentre, Lanre Arogundade, dismissed it as annoying and unnecessary.