Death Penalty for Corruption in Nigeria

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Death Penalty for Corruption in Nigeria

Not a few Nigerians have, at different times, come up with the idea that capital punishment is the one and only solution to the seemingly intractable problem of corruption in Nigeria. The position of advocates of death penalty for corrupt officials must have been informed by the belief that the prospect of a humiliating death will always serve as sufficient disincentive to corrupt practices. Some members of the ongoing National Conference who share the view that a serious problem calls for a drastic response have lent their support to this hard line stance because they see corruption as the main cog in the wheel of Nigeria's progress

 

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That will not solve the problem. In some remote states of northern Nigeria predominantly inhabited by Muslims and where the repressive Sharia Law is in practice the attendant social vices have failed to vanish.

Corruption will only be eradicated not because of the enactment of the draconian legislations but only when the people will embrace true human morality and shun egoism.

In the Islamic world where strict sharia laws are in place the crime rate is persistently on the rise.