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I will support death penalty for corruption – Senator Ndume

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I will support death penalty for corruption - Senator Ndume
Senator Ali Ndume

The Chief Whip of the Senate, Ali Ndume has revealed that he would support death penalty for those culpable of stealing government funds up to a trillion, but not in millions nor billions.

Ndume who disclosed his stance on corruption on Tuesday during an interview with ChannelsTV, when asked about the death penalty for those caught with drugs as recently passed by the Senate Assembly.

Corruption is people-driven, Ndume admitted stating that politicians steal and share with the people.

He further noted that, “If you compare us, politicians, to all the corruption, it is very small. Our corruption is people-driven. If you steal it, you will go and share it with the people. If you don’t, you are not coming back for four years. There is no reason for stealing.

“I have been to the National Assembly, I can’t say because we are on TV now and not telling the truth. If the death penalty is supposed to be included in corruption, I will support it but you don’t go and kill someone that stole one million or one billion, no. But someone who stole one trillion of government money should be killed.

“The death penalty is the best deterrent for those being caught for drugs. If you do drugs, you are killing people.

“That means you have destroyed the lives of so many people and killed so many people,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Senate passage of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act (Amendment) 2024 bill, prescribed death penalty for persons found guilty of trading in hard drugs and narcotics.

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Mayowa Durosinmi

M. Durosinmi is a West Africa Weekly investigative reporter covering Politics, Human Rights, Health, and Security in West Africa and the Sahel Region

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