Several Nigerian governors have rejected the adoption of death penalty for looters of the treasury as against Nigeria's labour unions' idea.

Labour Unions (NLC, TUC, CSOs) had said it was only by killing looters that the anti-corruption crusade being championed by President Muhammadu Buhari could succeed.

Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun said he would rather canvass that looters be sentenced to life imprisonment, rather than the death sentence prescribed by the organised labour, reports PUNCH.

His counterpart in Plateau State, Simon Lalong, also said he would rather prefer life imprisonment to death penalty.

Fayose, who reacted through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, said jail sentence was better and capable of reforming thieves.

“In countries where death penalty was introduced, it has not stopped looting. In advanced countries like US, jail sentence is the penalty. What we need is proper moral education to change orientation of the people. Jail sentence is better; it can reform,” he said.

Wike said that Nigeria had enough laws to deter people from fleecing the nation.

The governor, who spoke through his special adviser on media, Opunabo Inko-Tariah, said that the labour unions merely made the recommendation because of the impunity with which public office holders loot the nation’s treasury.

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State said he was comfortable with whatever the people want in relation to punishment for looters.

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Thursday declined comment on whether looters should be sentenced to death or not.

The Governor of Nasarawa State, Umaru Al-Makura, however, said he supported that capital punishment be meted out to corrupt public office holders.

“I really agree with the NLC over call for capital punishment for any public office holder who is found guilty of looting public funds,” the governor said in an interview.

Aregbesola’s media aide, Semiu Okanlawon, when contacted, said he would contact the governor but didn't get back as at the time the report was written.

PROs to Enugu State & Edo state governors said they would also need to consult his principal, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, to get his position on the matter.