El-Rufa’i sign law prescribing castration and fallopian tube removal for rapists in Kaduna

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Nasir El-Rufai

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has signed the Kaduna State Penal Code Amendment Law 2020.

A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Muyiwa Adekeye, said the amendment updates the penalties for the offence of the rape of a child.

The statement explained that the new provisions include the punishments of surgical castration and bilateral salpingectomy for male and female convicts of child rape, and death.

The statement added that such convicts will be listed in the Sex Offenders Register to be published by the Attorney-General of the state.

Following El-Rufai’s assent to the amended law on September 11, 2020, the new law has come into effect in Kaduna State.