Abstract
Kidnapping is an offence recognized in the Criminal Justice System in Nigeria, but it had never been seen or taken as a capital offence that should hitherto attracts capital punishment. The effect of not making kidnapping a Capital offence has made people to find it easy to commit. in which case very many of the victims of kidnapping are usually killed by the kidnappers. In the light of this if murder is a capital offence, kidnapping which some criminals had been using as means of killing should be made a Capital Offence more importantly to reduce the Crime of kidnapping. This research work using the doctrinal approach employing both primary and secondary sources therefore takes a cursory look at the offence of kidnapping, among other Offences, discusses the meaning of Capital Punishment, the attendant effects of kidnapping. It finds that capital punishment does not universally lead to lower crime rates, nor does it address the deeper socioeconomic factors that contribute to such offences. The Research work concludes and recommends that Nigeria as a Country should be encouraging Capital Punishment for Capital Offences.
Keywords:KIDNAPPING, CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, CRIME.