The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxChild rapists will face death under new legislation in Kaduna, Nigeria and anyone who rapes a person above 14 will be surgically castrated.Governors declared a state of emergency in the region after rape cases rose dramatically during the months of coronavirus lockdown.The law will be the stricter against rape across all of Nigeria, Africa, following an outcry from women’s groups.Previously, the law carried a maximum penalty of 21 years' imprisonment for the rape of an adult and life imprisonment for the rape of a child.Under new legislation, a man caught raping a child under age 14 will face the death penalty and a woman faces the.
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