Is this just a rumour? Are these mere speculations? Whether true or false this is a cause of concern to all Nigerians living in Nigeria and diaspora.
As reported by Guardian any person found guilty of any form of hate speech that results in the death of another person shall die by hanging upon conviction. This is the new bill passed by the Senate.
This bill was sponsored by the spokesman of the upper chamber, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (APC, Niger), which reflects the growing concern over the spate of violence in the nation.
The bill also requests for the creation of an ‘Independent National Commission for Hate Speeches’, which shall enforce hate speech laws across the country, to ensure the elimination of the menace and also advise the Federal Government.
For offences such as harassment on the grounds of ethnicity or racial contempt, a culprit shall be sentenced to “not less than a five-year jail term or a fine of not less than N10 million or both.”
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The bill notes: “A person who uses, publishes, presents, produces, plays, provides, distributes and/or directs the performance of any material, written and/or visual, which is threatening, abusive or insulting or involves the use of threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour, commits an offence, if such person intends thereby to stir up ethnic hatred, or having regard to all the circumstances, ethnic hatred is likely to be stirred up against any person or person from such an ethnic group in Nigeria.”
“A person subjects another to harassment on the basis of ethnicity for the purposes of this section where, on ethnic grounds, he unjustifiably engages in a conduct which has the purpose or effect of (a) violating that other person’s dignity or (b) creating an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for the person subjected to the harassment.
Conduct shall be regarded as having the effect specified in subsection (1) (a) or (b) of this section if, having regard to all the circumstances, including in particular the perception of that other person, it should reasonably be considered as having that effect.”
Source- Guardian
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