Tinubu Seeks Amendment Of Law On Prisoners’ Transfer Abroad

President Bola Tinubu has requested the Senate to amend the regulation governing the switch of convicted offenders between Nigeria and different nations to facilitate the implementation of prisoner switch agreements with non-Commonwealth countries.

Tinubu’s request used to be contained in a letter learn by way of Senate President Godswill Akpabio all the way through plenary the day prior to this.

Within the letter, the president transmitted the Switch of Convicted Offenders Enactment and Enforcement Modification Invoice 2026 to the Senate for attention.

The proposed law seeks to amend the Switch of Convicted Offenders Enactment and Enforcement Act, Cap 216, Rules of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.

Consistent with Tinubu, the modification would give you the criminal framework for imposing schemes and agreements between the Federal Executive and different nations for the switch of convicted offenders.

The invoice additionally seeks to empower the president to increase the applying of the regulation to any nation with which Nigeria has entered right into a prisoner switch settlement via an order revealed within the Federal Gazette.

Tinubu stated the proposed modification used to be meant to facilitate the implementation of agreements with nations out of doors the Commonwealth.

“Whilst it’s my hope that the Senate will imagine the submission expeditiously, please settle for, Outstanding Senate President and Outstanding Senators, the assurances of my best attention,” the president stated.

Following the presentation of the letter, Akpabio referred the invoice to the Senate Committee on Laws and Industry for additional legislative motion.

The committee is anticipated to adopt the following degree of the legislative procedure earlier than the invoice may also be thought to be for passage by way of the Senate.