This, according to its proponent and Chairman, Association of
Online Practitioners, Wole Arisekola, will serve as a deterrent to drug
traffickers in the country.
Speaking yesterday in Ibadan on the increasing rate of drug
trafficking in the country, Arisekola disclosed that he was moved to
propose death penalty for drug offenders due to the harms heroine,
cocaine and other prohibited drugs do to mankind.
“The other reason for this proposal is the increasing number of
Nigerians that are being held overseas for drug offenses. Some of them
are even executed in the process’, he said.
While speaking further, he noted that “many Nigerians are being
executed in Malasia and other Asian countries while several of them are
being jailed in Mexico, Colombia and other parts of the world.”
“I am of the view that the re-introduction of death penalty will deter Nigerians from further involvement in this crime”.
Arisekola, who is also the publisher of Street Journal magazine, an
online publication, recalled that “General Muhammadu Buhari, as Head of
State in 1994 introduced this same measure and it drastically reduced
the rate of drug trafficking among Nigerians.”
“Now, as a civilian President, it will be necessary that he works
with members of the National Assembly to ensure this law is in place.”
He added further that the present efforts of government to market
Nigeria abroad will be of little effect as long as Nigerians are still
being held on a daily basis for drug offences across the world.
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