Three kidnapping suspects found guilty in Kwara
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, the state capital, on Thursday sentenced Kwara residents Mr. Serikin Fulani, Mr. Usman A. Adamu and his brother, and one Gidado Idris to life imprisonment for conspiracy to kidnap and kidnapping.
The convicts had been charged with kidnapping Abubakar Ahmad, and are stated to have spent 20 days accumulating a ransom of NOK 1 million earlier than his eventual launch.
The kidnapping incident befell in the center of final yr.
The Kwara State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mr. Idowu Ayola, has produced the defendants in courtroom on prices of conspiracy to kidnap and kidnapping.
Justice Adenike Akinperu stated in his judgment that every one three males had consented to the crime, including that it didn’t matter whether or not they had been bodily current on the scene of the kidnapping.
She added that the inmates appeared to have arrested the sufferer as a kidnapping suspect and tried to extort cash from him.
She stated: “I am not satisfied with the defense attorney’s submission to dismiss the two charges against him based on the fact that he was not at the scene of the incident.”
Continuing, Mrs. Akinpelu lamented: “It is sad and alarming that local leaders responsible for the welfare of their people could compromise the safety of their fellow citizens out of love for money. This makes them guilty as charged. and was found guilty.”
After listening to the convict’s plea, the decide stated: “Under Section 15 of the Principal States Anti-Kidnapping Act, the court cannot exercise any leniency and therefore you are sentenced to life imprisonment. The sentences are to run concurrently.”
She ordered the abductee to pay NOK 600,000.
Source: dailypost.ng