A member of Forum of Legal Practitioners, otherwise known as ‘Lex Fora’, has advocated death penalty for rapists.
Mr Paul Eshiemomoh, a former Chairman of the forum in the FCT, made the suggestion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Sunday.
Eshiemomoh described the act of rape as barbaric.
“Because I don’t see any sense in a man going to rape an underage girl, such people should not be allowed to leave among people in the society.
“Yes, I support imposition of death penalty for rapists because it will serve as a deterrent to others,’’ he said.
Eshiemomoh said that the law prescribes maximum sentence of 14 years imprisonment for rapists because it is a major crime.
`But you see, the truth is that the same man might come back to the society and commit another rape.
“Women are weak in nature and so, we urge every civilised society to stand for them against this barbaric act,’’ the lawyer said.
He also decried the poor handling of rape cases by some prosecuting agencies, such as the police.