Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari, gave assurances that the National Assembly would support the abrogation of capital punishment from the nation's laws. His declaration came few days after President Olusegun Obasanjo stated that the issue of whether or not death penalty would be erased from the nation's law books would be exhaustively debated.