The article criticises Senate President Godswill Akpabio's opposition to moves to decriminalise attempted suicide. Although the Senate passed the Suicide Prevention Bill 2026, sponsored by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong, for a second reading, Akpabio insisted that survivors should be jailed. The Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria warned that threatening survivors with imprisonment could deepen stigma and discourage people in mental health crises from seeking help.
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