NYSC members kidnap: Suspects confess, beg court for forgiveness

Two persons lasting proceedings for the Independence Day kidnapping of 20 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, successful Imo State, connected Thursday, told a precocious tribunal of the authorities that they so made the statements and audiovisual confessions tendered earlier the tribunal by the Department of State Services, DSS.

Both men, Usman Aliyu and Babangida Aliyu, the archetypal and 2nd defendants, respectively, however, begged the tribunal for forgiveness.

At the resumed sitting of the tribunal connected Thursday, the archetypal and 2nd defendants, nether cross-examination, admitted that they confessed successful their statements and besides thumb-printed the written statements earlier their counsel. The materials were tendered successful tribunal by the DSS.

Earlier, successful their evidence-in-chief, some defendants pleaded with the tribunal to forgive them and acceptable them escaped successful the lawsuit of conspiracy, hostage-taking, and unlawful possession of firearms.

In different related matter, the proceedings of 2 different defendants for suspected conspiracy, kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms continued, with a prosecution witnesser identifying some defendants arsenic the persons who kidnapped him for ransom successful the authorities connected October 4, 2026.

At the decision of the day's proceedings, the proceedings judge, Justice Emeka Orafu, adjourned some matters to November 6th for continuation.