Ekiti court sentences 2 to fifty years in prison for kidnapping

An Ekiti State precocious tribunal successful Ado Ekiti has sentenced 2 persons to 25 years imprisonment each for kidnapping.

The defendants, Ibrahim Abubakar, 44, Usman Abubakar, 49, Abdulahi Abubakar, 41, and Abdulazeez Alebiosu (59), who died during the pendency of the case, were arraigned earlier Justice Lekan Ogunmoye connected 4/10/2022 connected 3 counts complaint bordering connected conspiracy, murder, and kidnapping.

The complaint reads that the defendants connected 9/3/2022 astatine disconnected Federal Polytechnic Road, Ado Ekiti, did conspire to execution 1 Taiwo Adesina, besides connected 22/4/2022 did conspire to kidnap Omoboade Adesina, contrary to Sections 244, 234, 279(1)a of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State, 2021.

In her grounds earlier the court, the unfortunate said, the deceased was my husband, I was a unit of NYSC successful Ekiti State.

On the fateful day, I received a telephone that a pack of gunmen came to my husband’s farm, helium tried to flight but was changeable successful the caput and was rushed to Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti wherever helium was pronounced dormant connected arrival.

I was astatine location to mourn for immoderate days. After the completion, I went to the workplace alongside my lad and brother-in-law to spot the concern of things. I heard a sound connected the gate. My brother-in-law went to unfastened the gross but ran backmost to pass america that determination were gunmen. We rapidly locked the door, they jumped successful done the fence, they gained entree and dragged maine out. I was ta...