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Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday proposed significantly toughening penalties for drug trafficking, making the death penalty the new maximum sentence through a law amendment.
The amendment, which is not yet law, replaces life imprisonment, which was previously the harshest punishment.
It was tabled on Thursday by Senator Mohammed Monguno on behalf of the joint committees on Judiciary and Drugs and Narcotics.
The majority of senators voted in support of the bill, which also seeks to strengthen the operations of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country of more than 200 million people, has in recent years gone from being a transit point for illegal drugs to a full-blown producer, consumer and distributor.
