The Senate has proposed a 15-year-jail term for any Nigerian who pays ransom to kidnappers. The bill seeking to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned, or wrongfully confined and sponsored by the Senator Imo East Senatorial District, Francis Onyewuchi, scaled reading in the upper legislative chamber on Wednesday. Onyewuchi, who led the debate on the bill, said the piece of legislation seeks to amend the Terrorism (Prevention) Act, 2013, to outlaw the payment of ransom to abductors, kidnappers, and terrorists for the release of any person who has been wrongfully confined, imprisoned, or kidnapped. According to him, the bill essentially seeks to substitute section 14 of the Principal Act with a new section. The bill read: “Anyone who transfers funds, makes payment or colludes with an abductor, kidnapper or terrorist, to receive any ransom for the release of any person who has been wrongfully confined, imprisoned or kidnapped, is guilty of a felony and is liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment of not less than 15 years.”