Death by hanging is the punishment for kidnapping – Police warns against kidnap pranks

The Katsina state Police Command has disclosed that some unscrupulous
members of the public now pose as bandits to call and send messages,
threatening to kill or kidnap people or their relatives for ransom.

A statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO,
SP Gambo Isah, on Tuesday in Katsina, warned that death by hanging is
the punishment for kidnapping, under Section 243 of the Katsina State
Penal Code as amended.

“It has come to the notice of the Katsina state Police Command that
some unscrupulous members of the public have devised new tactics of
calling or sending messages to some unsuspecting members of the public,
(either friends, neighbours, or relatives or acquaintances etc) that
they are bandits or kidnappers from the forest, asking them to pay
ransom or themselves or any member of their families risked being
kidnapped. To this end, the Katsina state Police Command wishes to
categorically warn that any person or persons arrested in connection
with such offences will be dealt with in accordance with the provisions
of the law. Members of the public should note that “Death by hanging” is
the punishment for Kidnapping under Section 243 of the Katsina state
Penal Code as amended.

Parents are hereby advised to monitor the activities of their wards as
the law is no respecter of person and any person caught will be made to
face the full wrath of the law” the statement reads.