Hate Speech Bill: Death Penalty crude and wicked – Babangida

Former military head of State, Ibrahim Babangida has described death penalty for hate speech as wicked and crude.

Babangida who react to the bill said, he wonder, how such bill will resurfaced in this 21st century.

He said “I am surprised that this bill has resurfaced. There is no basis for this now. We are developing; we should be allowed to develop. If we make mistakes people can be cautioned. If somebody goes off you have the right to call him to say, ‘no, we don’t want this.”
“Unless people are able to express themselves, those in government or in authority will not know what is happening in the country.”

“If somebody makes hate speech, put him in the gallows and not shoot him. It is crude and out of tune with the 21st century reality. It could have happened, may be some 300 years ago, but not now.”