Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has Approved the Kaduna State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020.
The amendment updates the penalties for the offence of the rape of a child. The above mentioned include the punishments of surgical castration and bilateral salpingectomy for male and female convicts of child rape, and death.
Governor said that the convicts will be listed in the Sex Offenders Register to be published by the Attorney-General of the state, declaring this in a statement signed by Muyiwa Adekeye, Special Adviser to the Governor (Media & Communication).
The statement as follows: “Following Malam El-Rufai’s assent to the amended law on 11th September 2020, the new law has come into effect in Kaduna State. It introduces stricter punishments than the previous law which carried a maximum penalty of 21 years imprisonment for the rape of an adult and life imprisonment for the rape of a child.
“Under the amended law, the punishment for the rape of a person older than 14 years will include surgical castration or removal of fallopian tubes, but the death penalty shall not apply. In cases where the rape convict is also a child, the court shall order an appropriate punishment under the Children and Young Persons Law Cap 26, Laws of Kaduna State 1991.
“While commending the members of the Kaduna State House of Assembly for passing the amendments, the governor stated that these drastic penalties are required to help further protect children from a serious crime.
