Four days after the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta threatened to launch fresh attacks on oil installations and political gatherings in the country, Israeli Minister of Public Security, Mr. Itshak Aharonouvich, said on Thursday that his country was ready to collaborate with Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and terrorism financing.
Aharonouvich spoke at the end of a closed-door meeting he had with the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mrs. Farida Waziri, in Abuja.Nigeria recently enacted an anti-terrorism bill to confront the rising cases of terrorist acts in the country.
The bill outlaws actions of individuals or groups that can be linked to terrorism, including kidnapping, oil bunkering, piracy and airplane hijacks.
It prescribes a maximum sentence of twenty years imprisonment for offenders, or death penalty if there is a loss of life in any terrorist act.
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