Across Nigeria, suicide attempts carry a one-year prison term, though in Muslim-majority Jigawa, governed under sharia, the penalty can be as high as five years
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Nigeria records about 300,000 suicide attempts annually, with at least 7,000 deaths. [Courtesy]
In Nigeria, surviving a suicide attempt can mean facing not only the trauma of the ordeal but also the threat of prosecution.
Laws dating back decades, including some inherited from the colonial era, criminalise attempted suicide -- and, advocates say, deter people in crisis from seeking the care they need.
The government now says those laws have run their course and must change.
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