Nigeria, Dec. 8 -- The founder of Living Faith Church, David Oyedepo, has condemned the controversial Hate Speech Bill being considered by the National Assembly, describing it as deriving from a stone-age mentality.

Mr Oyedepo made the comment on Saturday at the closing ceremony of Shiloh 2019 - an annual event of the church.

The cleric expressed anger over a provision of the bill that prescribes the death penalty for offenders. He said the bill is targeted at citizens who criticise the government.

He also wondered why the lawmakers and the federal government have not prescribed death penalties for bandits, terrorists, kidnappers among others.

He said killings and corruption which should be tackled with all seriousness are not conside...