A member of the House of
Representatives, Umar Yakubu Barde has advocated for the amputation of hands of
those found guilty of stealing from the Nation's treasury. This is what he had
to say when Speaking in an interactive session with the some journalist in
Kaduna state yesterday January 18th, Barde who is a PDP member representing
Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency of Kaduna State, said those who stole in
millions of Naira should have their hands amputated, while those who looted in
billions of Naira should be hanged to death. He said this is what should be
done to looters. Is he kidding or being serious? This is too extreme. Are we practicing
“Sharia Law” in Nigeria? I hate it when people say these things. Does he wants
to tell me he didn’t loot too. Then he too should be hanged.
This is his statement
while speaking:
“I am a believer of the
fact that, people should be punished for whatever offence they commit. And I am
also of the belief that punishment should also be segregated according to the
offence. At least, your punishment should be commensurate with what you have
done. For me, if you ask me, if someone steals from N1million to N100 million,
they should cut his hand. Yes, there is nothing wrong with that, so that when
we see him, we will know yes, he stole. And those that steal from billions
upward should be hanged and their property confiscated. You can imagine this
issue of arms deal. If you knew this money was meant for the procurement of
arms, weapons, my brothers and sisters here, if you have a brother in the Army,
he is sent to the warfront and because his weapons are archaic, he is killed.
Do you now want to have sympathy for someone who knows that the money was meant
for arms and he pocketed it? It is so painful, we have lost loved ones. If I am
a judge and such a person is brought before me, I will confiscate his property
and make sure he is killed also. Because he is guilty of the blood of the
people killed in the warfront. We are living in a very funny country where
people steal N1, 000 and they are put in jail for years. And where some people
will steal billions and use that same billion to escape justice. That is not
good enough. For me personally, let me let the cat out of the bag, some members
of the National Assembly and I are of the belief that, we should have special
courts for corruption cases. Because, if you look at the quantum of corruption
in the country today, we are just talking about Dasuki Gate and look at the
quantum of money and the number of people that are involved. You have not gone
to the ministries yet. You have not even gone to the states and it is only ICPC
and EFCC that are to do all these jobs. If we are fair to ourselves, the work
is overwhelming. And you know, people will want to use the legal system to
delay justice, and that is what is happening today. So, why don’t we have
dedicated courts to handle all these corruption cases, so that justice could be
dispensed quickly? I am aware of former governors who have cases with EFCC and
they have not gone to court for the past eight years. So, this does not
encourage the young people. It rather encourages them to steal, because if you
can delay justice for 10 years, it means that is a good one. So, I think we need
to put our heads together because corruption like hunger, does not know party,
it does not know tribe or religion. We must as Nigerians take a very bold
stand” he said.
He also called for the
use of special courts than the use of conventional courts because he believes
conventional courts allows looters to escape justice.
We are not practicing Sharia
Law in Nigeria. He should first of all know that. With his statement and all the
things he has said, he has proven to me that he is a Fundamentalist Islamist.
We shouldn’t allow people like this in government. This will give them room to
say a lot of nonsense and uneducated rubbish. I don’t think this guy is civilized
at all. He should be impeached as a House of Reps member. Why hasn’t he ordered
the amputating and hanging of the likes of James Ibori, Igbenedion, Ameachi,
Okorocha, Akpabio,Diezani Alison-Madueke, Okonjo-Iweala, Fayose, Tinubu,
Obasanjo and the likes.
He should not just talk
again. Isn’t he part of them (greedy politicians that enrich only their pockets
and leave the masses to die of hunger).
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