Imo NYSC kidnap: 'They are the ones' - Bus driver identifies suspects in court

The operator of a autobus who conveyed kidnapped prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, connected Independence Day successful Imo State, has identified 5 suspects arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, arsenic the persons who allegedly attacked his conveyance and kidnapped the passengers.

The driver, who testified arsenic the 3rd prosecution witness, made the recognition connected Friday during the resumed proceedings of the 5 suspected kidnappers earlier the Imo State High Court successful Mgbidi.

Another prosecution witness, Mr Light Timothy, besides told the tribunal that helium saw 2 of the defendants wielding AK-47 rifles soon aft the abduction on the Owerri–Mgbidi–Onitsha expressway.

Both witnesses maintained during their evidence-in-chief and cross-examination that they saw the defendants allegedly perpetrate offences bordering connected conspiracy, hostage-taking and unlawful possession of firearms.

The autobus operator told the tribunal that helium could intelligibly place the archetypal suspect arsenic the idiosyncratic who initially approached his conveyance during the onslaught portion equipped with an AK-47 rifle.

He further stated that the aforesaid suspect was the idiosyncratic helium saw starring the 20 prospective corps members into a adjacent bush aft they were taken hostage.

The operator said his recognition was based connected his nonstop brushwood with the attackers during the incident.

In his testimony, Timothy said helium sighted the archetypal and 2nd defendants aft the abduction and subsequently identifie...