Immediate past governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has canvassed for an arrangement whereby political leaders would serve a 2-day term behind bar.
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Suswam now a senator representing Benue North East made the shocking suggestion on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday during a plenary saying if put into practice it would help to reduce prison congestion. This he said would make leaders to give the issue the seriousness it deserves.
“I spent two days in prison. I want to support this motion based on my experience and when I left, I recommended that for people to be proper leaders in this country, at least each and every one of us must spend one or two days in prison,” Suswam said.
The proposal however triggered a plethora of reactions with the President of the Senate, Dr. Ahmad Lawan countering and suggesing that the imprisonment should only be reserved for governors and their deputies.
While marshalling his point, the former governor (Suswam) shared his personal experience in Kuje prison saying: “I sat down there from morning to evening because there were a lot of young people there and it might interest you to know that they spend years in prison, for demeanors you can easily dismiss.
“There was a young man who has spent 10 years there for just a problem of N10,000. Various individuals were there on very minor offences that the police can afford to correct them and send them home.
