Maureen Edozie in Enugu
The Enugu State Government has declared that any buildings and other properties used for aiding and abetting kidnapping are to be demolished, as it disclosed compilation of already established properties used for the crime.
Penpushing reports that the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof Chidiebere Onyia, made this known in a statement adding that the step was a continuation of the effort by Governor Peter Mbah’s administration to rid the state of crimes.
“After due diligence, the government has compiled the properties used for kidnapping purposes in recent times, and they will go down sooner rather than later to serve as a deterrent to others’, the government declared
Penpushing further reports that it is recalled that the Enugu State House of Assembly, in November 2016, amended the Criminal Code Law of Enugu State, which was subsequently signed into law by the former Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, on January 20,2017.
“If the building or structure owned by the offender or any other person, who knows or ought to reasonably know that the building or structure is so being used for that purpose, the building or structure shall be demolished or forfeited to the state government’, Section 315 of the Criminal Code (Second Amendment) Law CAP. 30, Laws of Enugu State stated
Penpushing also reports that the scribe explained that Governor Mbah’s administration has not enforced the law because it was taking time to carry out due diligence to ensure that nobody suffers undue losses or miscarriage of justice.
The Secretary to the State Government, however, warned property owners to take necessary steps to know their prospective tenants before leasing properties to them, emphasizing that some properties used for kidnapping had been identified.
‘Now, after due diligence, the government has compiled the properties used for kidnapping purposes in recent times, and they will go down sooner than later to serve as a deterrent to others. There is no hiding place for criminals in Enugu State. They either repent, leave town or meet their Waterloo. The choice is theirs’, the statement said
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