Electricity Infrastructure Vandals, Thieves Face Death Penalty

Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu says the federal government has proposed the death penalty for those who sabotaged the countries power infrastructure.

Adelabu made this known while addressing chief executives of departments and agencies under his ministry on Monday.

The minister said the law would soon be sent to the National Assembly for approval.

Recall that the minister recently blamed the epileptic power supply in the country on vandals and thieves, who he said were destroying power infrastructure.

For these set of persons, Adelabu said capital punishment will not be too much for sabotaging the country, stressing that their activities have frustrated the efforts of the Federal Government in ensuring improved supply of electricity, adding that they are dragging the rest of Nigerians backward.

Adelabu who said the policy framework will be sent to the National Assembly before the end of this month said the vandals deserves to die because they ‘are killing the economy,” adding that the ministry is currently working with the ‘National Security Agency,’ NSA, to ensure that the plan materialized.

“Capital punishment is not too much because they are also gradually killing the nation. They are killing the economy. They are killing the people,” Adelabu said.