A law to castrate convicted rapists in Kano State, north-western Nigeria is at an advance stage as the state legislators prepare to promulgate a law that would dish out that harsh punishment.

Members of the state assembly recommended that punishment after the state and Nigeria as a whole was rocked with several rape cases with some even culminating in he victims’ demise.

The Assembly arrived at the consensus following a motion filed on Wednesday by a member of the assembly, Nurudeen Alhassan (APC-Rano), who had sought a revision of the law.

Nurudeen Alhassan, justified his motion on the premise that the current maximum 14 years jail term is not deterring would-be rapists hence a much harsher punishment.

Nigeria practises a federal system of government. This enables each of its 36 states to institute its own laws but in tandem with the parameters set up by the federal government.

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The Nigerian House of Representatives has refused the suggestion of castration of guilty rapist to be passed into law.

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Reports from The Nation says, the reps voted against petitions seeking every rapist found guilty and proven with evidence to be castrated to curb the rising cases of sexual violence in the country.

Mr James Faleke, a member of the House, raised the petition but it was shot down at a meeting or attended by all participants on Thursday.

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Before the petition was voted on, the speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, questioned what would happen to an older female who rapes a younger male.

The majority in the House voted against the petition at the end of the meeting.

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