By Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, signed the Unlawful Societies and Cultism (Prohibition) Bill 2020 into law.
The new law, which was passed by the Lagos State House of Assembly, stipulates a 21-year imprisonment for anyone found guilty of engaging in cult activities.
The House also included punishment for parents of cultists found guilty of cultism in the amendment of the law.
Titled ‘A law to provide for the prohibition of unlawful societies and cultism in Lagos state and for other connected purposes’, it stipulates a 15-year jail term for anyone convicted of abetting cultists or who allows his premises to be used by cultists as a meeting place.
The governor also signed three other bills into law. They include Lagos State Audit Service Commission (Amendment) Law 2019, Lagos State Public Procurement Bill 2021, and Law to combat and stop the spread of Coronavirus pandemic Bill, 2021.
