The Ekiti State House of
Assembly has passed a bill authorizing death penalty for anyone found
guilty of engaging in cult activities and also revised punishment for
those aiding and abetting the practice.
The original bill, said
to have been promulgated during the first term of Governor Ayodele
Fayose, was amended from the previous seven-year imprisonment for
convicted cultist to death penalty.
The punishment for people who aid or abet the crime was changed from five-year imprisonment to life