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PDP Chieftain Wants Death Penalty For Embezzlement
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain in Sokoto State, Muktar Mapia, yesterday advocated death penalty for public office holders found guilty of embezzling public funds.
Mapia told The Tide correspondent in Sokoto that such law would bring to an end cases of corrupt practice among public office holders .
He said that the nation would have achieved a lot since independence if proper measures were put in place to check the activities of corrupt public office holders
“Just take a look at China, any public officer found wanting was publicly executed,’’ he said.
Mapia added that the task ahead for the members of the National Assembly was to see to the possibility of enacting that law for corrupt practices.
“We have suffered too much in the hand of corrupt public office holders and it is time to put behind us corruption for the sake of generation yet unborn, ‘’ he said.
He said that the future generation would not “forgive us if we fail to lay a sound economic foundation for them”.
He also called on the judiciary to complement the effort of the Federal Government in the fight against corrupt practices.
“For us as a nation to achieve our desire of building a strong and viable country we must fight corruption in all ramifications, “ he said.