Kwara state government  has proposed ‎a maximum of 14-year imprisonment for anyone found guilty of cultism or cult related activities in the state.

 Speaking with journalists after the state executive council meeting in Ilorin on Thursday, the state attorney general and commissioner for Justice, Kamaldeen Ajibade, said the measure was part of efforts to check the increasing menace of cultists in the state.

 The commissioner, who said that the state government was set to review the State Anti-Cultism Law with the House of Assembly, added that it was with the view to increase punishment on offenders.

 The commissioner also dispelled insinuation that the government had whittled down law against cultism in the state, said that the bill would check excesses of hoodlums in the state when passed.

 It is recalled that there had been incessant clashes of rival cultists in campuses and within the state capital in recent time, leading to loss of lives and destruction of property.

 "In the Bill, a minimum of 10-year jail ‎term and maximum of 14-year imprisonment have been prescribed for anyone found guilty of cultism in the state", he said.

 Ajibade added that contents of the bill before the House of Assembly among others included confiscation of buildings and property harbouring such convicted cultists ‎by the state government.

On the issue of Share/Tsaragi, Barrister Ajibade said the Council agreed to harmonise recommendations of 2010 and 2016 white papers, adding that the Council took cognisance of various court cases in relation to the Share/Tsaragi conflicts and would be guided appropriately.

 Ajibade assured stakeholders that the state executive council would review the recommendations of the White papers at a later date to ensure permanent peace in the communities.