Any person found guilty of any form of hate speech that results in the death of another person shall die by hanging upon conviction, reads a new bill by the Senate.
According to Guardian, the bill, which reflects the growing concern over the spate of violence in the nation, was sponsored by the spokesman of the upper chamber, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (APC, Niger).
It also seeks the establishment of an ‘Independent National Commission for Hate Speeches’, which shall enforce hate speech laws across the country, ensure the elimination of the menace and advise the FG.
For offences such as harassment on the grounds of ethnicity or racial contempt, a culprit shall be sentenced to “not less than a five-year jail term or a fine of not less than N10 million or both.”
The bill notes: “A person who uses, publishes, presents, produces, plays, provides, distributes and/or directs the performance of any material, written and/or visual, which is threatening, abusive or insulting or involves the use of threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, commits an offence, if such person intends thereby to stir up ethnic hatred, or having regard to all the circumstances, ethnic hatred is likely to be stirred up against any person or person from such an ethnic group in Nigeria.”
It notes that “a person subjects another to harassment on the basis of ethnicity for the purposes of this section where, on ethnic grounds, he unjustifiably engages in a conduct which has the purpose or effect of (a) violating that other person’s dignity or (b) creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for the person subjected to the harassment. .
Conduct shall be regarded as having the effect specified in subsection (1) (a) or (b) of this section if, having regard to all the circumstances, including in particular the perception of that other person, it should reasonably be considered as having that effect.”
What about the national looters and those politicians that are embezzling public funds.? Has any bill be considered? Hmmmmmmmm!!!
Dis so called bill just reminded of one song “when I remember Nigeria water runaway from eye, aaa eeee eeeee water runaway from my eye”…
They don’t have work, example train from lagos kano they give you ticket of #2200 but you will pay #5000 to get the ticket their money is even bigger than the one been pay to government yet they receive salary, wicked leader are clapping why ppl die day by day, you here talking about hate speach
Have you hang your snake sister that swallow 36million, your monkey brother is still working on the street that swallow 70 million you have the mouth to talk about hate speech you ppl have not see anything yet God will judge all of you.
Just imagine
Nigeria my country. Those that should be hanged are the ones making laws to hang poor Nigerians. God shall not allow this obnoxious law to succeed. They want to gag us against commenting on their wicked deeds.
they re all bunch of fools in sheep clothin