The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Electoral Offences Commission.
The red panel prescribed among others, at least 10 years imprisonment or at least N20m fine or both against any person who uses hate speech to stir up ethnic, religious or racial hatred, social or political insecurity or violence against anyone or group of persons during electioneering. It also prescribed a 20-year jail term or a N40m fine against any candidate or agent who damaged or snatched ballot boxes, ballot papers or election materials before, during and after an election without the permission of election official in charge of the polling station.It also prescribed three years’ imprisonment for any employee who directly or indirectly exerts undue influence on a voter in his employment.
The Senate also gave its nod to a term of at least 10 years upon conviction for any election official who prevented any person from voting at the polling station, rejected or refused to count any ballot paper validly cast. The upper chamber in Clause 20 approved at least 15 years imprisonment for any judicial officer or officer of a court or tribunal who corruptly perverts electoral justice, during or after an election.
hate action nko? Animals
Terrorist regime 🇳🇬💣
What is campaign hatespeech? What a useless law
nwa042legit Bravooooo.... Bravooooo... Bravooooo...
The best way to go if not hate speech and fake news will destroy The Whole country. Therefore, Senate MUST do the needful by killing the hate speech and fake news before it consume us all.
Lai Mohammed should be first beneficiary of the largesse.
Storytelling, APC will still break the law
You see this man lawan has nothing in his brain, he is just like Buhari.
Freedom of speech they promised.... but delivered 10 years in prison for who ever dares speak up . And we are meant to just watch then ruin the country
So afraid to pay them back in their own coin. Ewu Gambia
Still God Go Punish all of una...con arrest me ..
They truly hate Nigerians.
After appointing all the Fulanis as the head in all that has to do with Nigeria politically,they now pass a bill. For una mind we dey joke abi? No govt.can outsmart her citizens,it can only take little time,but we must come hard soon.
What could be more hateful than the hateful campaign of the OfficialAPCNg in 2019 & 2023? There are more disturbing issues than bills of frivolities. 10.2 million out of sch children, insecurity is higher than normal, unemployment is 37% etc, yet u clearly ignore all
Mad people
When will they pass bill for life imprisonment for corrupt politicians😏🤔
seyiamakinde RotimiAkeredolu This Gvt has destroyed nigeria it's time for the south to leave the union if this is passed into law buhari including the media gag law then anybody they don't like can be put into jail even pointing out anything in Nigeria will become a crime
Nonsense
If you are a Apc member and you are hailing how the Senate is trying to gaged the people's voice, see ehn one day the table will turn against you and what they are doing will fight against you ruthlessly.
Which senate? Non existing senate?
That is the type of bill Senate know how to pass they don't know how to pass reasonable bills..Bills that will move this country forward like accountability bill that can send leaders that fail to fulfill their campaign promises to 10 years jail
Good
Cattle NGRSenate..
really ?
This is a strategic move to imprison whoever campaigns better than their handpicked candidate during next election. They know that coming election will be very brutal, so they are closing every area with their available power. I have never heard of such Law. Abusive Law! SAD!
That's the only thing they know how to do.
Abacha is back!
Oga S presidio this law will hold by 2023
Worst senate ever
This idiots know they have perform badly they know they will be criticized by Nigerians now they want to arrest all those that will criticize them now they pass a bill that can’t be implemented. God punish them
When will you idiots discuss how Nigeria will have 247 uninterrupted electricity. Useless set of people
Aspa hate speech against northerners now 😒lol
Chai... These people are so shameless.. Their shame dey shame me 😤 😤 😤
This senate is the funniest and less productive. Leaving the main issues affecting us to attend to less important ones. Where is industrialization policies, economic revitalization plans and others. Hate speech everywhere!!! Was that not what these people used to win ?
Agba yasss
Define hate speech? Is it any speech you don't like!!7
Rubber stamp senate
Confused people .
What kind of senate is this?
Define Campaign hate speech? This administration just doesn't want people to complain about their cluelessness, wickedness and inability
Story
After the President, senate and rep are the one ruining this nation💔
Who define what hate speech are... Hope hope it won't be APC/Buhari weapon to silence oppositions
House of Confusion. Is it not still them that do campaign of hate speech?
Campaign hate speech as in?
what is hate speech ?
Ori yin ti daru. Eyin agba ofo jatijati yi.
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