Former Minister of Aviation, Femi
Fani-Kayode, has reacted to the news that the Nigerian Senate has proposed that
any person found guilty of any form of hate speech that results in the death of
another person shall die by hanging upon conviction.
Fani-Kayode, writing on his
Twitter page, claimed President Muhammadu Buhari hated free speech and wanted
Nigeria to be like North Korea.
“Now they want to pass a law that
prescribes the death penalty for calling a demon a demon.
“They call it “hate speech”
because they “hate it” when we call a spade a spade,tell them what they are and
expose their barbarity.Buhari wants Nig. to be like N. Korea.He hates free
speech!”
The
bill(http://dailypost.ng/2018/03/01/hate-speech-offenders-die-hanging-nigeria-senates-new-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 Federal Government.
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.”
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