From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
A traditional ruler in Osun State, the Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has proposed the death penalty for drug dealers, ritualists and terrorists to checkmate the insecurity challenge in the country.
He expressed fear that Nigeria might explode should the security challenge in the nation be left unaddressed, calling on President Muhammed Buhari to enforce the death penalty for capital offences.
A statement by his press secretary, Alli Ibraheem, called for revisiting of War Against Indiscipline (WAI) inaugurated in 1984 by the military regime of Tunde Idiagbon and General Muhammed Buhari.
The monarch observed that the use of hard drugs by bandits has made them merciless, saying hard drug peddling should attract a capital penalty.
He said Nigeria is becoming an import of hard drugs because the government failed to sustain the punishment of killing drug dealers has done in 1984 by Buhari – Idiagbon government.
“Insecurity in Nigeria is becoming too alarming. I read of gory attacks by terrorists in Zamfara State. It was pathetic and terrible. The failure to decree capital punishment such as the killing of perpetrators is one of the unabated attacks.
“One other factor is the lack of effective control and light punishment for drug dealers. Most perpetrators are barefaced and merciless due to hard drugs intake. Once most of them take hard drugs, they lose control of their mental operation and kill mercilessly. The government should move forward to control and effect capital punishment for hard drug dealers. It is one of the remotes solution.
“Nigeria is in a coma with drug dealers, ritualists, terrorists and worst of it are kidnappers. North is full of terrorism while South is full of ritualists with the blood of our children flooding the streets. There is no single day passing without bad news centring on those indecent acts.”
