Senate makes drug trafficking capital offence, convicts to die by hanging
Nigeria Senate in plenary. By Advocatenewsng.com BRIGADIER-General Buba Marwa, an ex-military governor of Lagos State and the current chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has succeeded to secure the nod of the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, as the Senate on Thursday, May 9, 2024 passed the amended Bill on drug trafficking by making it an offence that now attracts death penalty for convicted offenders. The resolution followed the Senate’s consideration of a report of…