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Posted by Thandiubani on Thu 15th Mar, 2018 - tori.ng

Nigerians have been called upon to thoroughly resist capital punishment being suggested in the proposed Hate Speech Bill.

Prof. Wole Soyinka

Professor Wole Soyinka on Thursday criticized the Nigerian Senate over its introduction of a bill seeking to place capital punishment on hate speech.

While addressing an audience during the Ripples Nigeria Dialogue held in Lagos, the Nobel Laurette urged Nigerians to wake up and stand against capital punishment being suggested in the proposed Hate Speech Bill.

“Life has become so trite, so cheap, that a group of supposedly rational, intelligent people in this world, especially a world that is trying to get rid of its degrading punishment called capital punishment and they come and decree handing, No, they’re not going to hang anybody.

“They just want an instrument to silence people. It is ironic of course that I should call Nigerian’s to resist this law,” he said.

The event is designed as an annual offering by Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism.

Also present were economist and management expert, Dr Pat Utomi; Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi; Human rights activist, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi and Dr Reuben Abati.