Senate Amends Terrorism Prevention Act

The Senate has amended the Terrorism Prevention Act, 2013, by prohibiting payment of ransom to kidnappers in Nigeria.

The amendments passed by the Senate on Wednesday followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters.

Chairman of the committee, Opeyemi Bamidele, said the bill sought to outlaw payment of ransom to abductors, kidnappers and terrorists.

Bamidele added that the bill is to discourage the rising spate of kidnapping and abduction for ransom spreading across the country.