Oluremi Tinubu calls for capital punishment for kidnappers in international women's day message

FIRST lady Oluremi Tinubu has called on state and federal lawmakers to pass new laws making kidnapping a capital punishment offence during a meeting in Abuja with women leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to mark international women's day.

Speaking earlier today when she hosted a grip of women leaders at the presidential villa, Senator Tinubu described the act of kidnapping innocent children as heart-rending. Pointing out that  children are the future of the nation, she described their  kidnappers as cowards for majorly taking hold of women and children saying they were inhumane and should be treated as such.

Senator Tinubu said: “They are cowards. Our hearts bleed. I call on the state governments that once we take hold of them, they deserve capital punishment. Why can’t they take men of their size, why are they touching women and children?

“What they are doing is that they are trying to kill our future, we all know that when parents are old, we rely on our children, we see them as our investments that have not gone to waste especially when they are successful. Why will you now take them from their schools? Right now, I think enough is enough and as a former lawmaker, I believe that any one of them captured deserves capital punishment."

She told the women that the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu places a strong emphasis on creating opportunities for women to thrive economically, socially and politically. According to Senator Tinubu, accelerating progress in any endeavour requires that women have to be more involved, which is why investing in women is crucial to building the future of Nigeria.

“Empowering women with education, resources and opportunities to unlock their full potential, such as, supporting women’s businesses, investing in women’s health, agricultural programmes for women, and creating pathways for women in science and technology will help in dismantling economic and social barriers that women face.

The group, led by its national women leader, Mary Idele Alile, her deputy, Hajia Zainab Ibrahim and members of the executive, thanked the first lady for her impact on the lives of Nigerians, through her various interventions on the platform of the Renewed Hope Initiative. They also requested that Senator Tinubu help them by pressing for more inclusion in the activities of the current government.