Six herdsmen bag life imprisonment for kidnapping in Kwara
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced six Fulani Herdsmen to life imprisonment for kidnapping.
Justice Hannah Ajayi found the men guilty and convicted them on offences of conspiracy, kidnapping, and illegal possession of firearms.
Those convicted after standing trial before the Court for about five years included; Tambaya Abubakar, Babuga Umaru, Shehu Umaru, Mojumba Bello, Abubakar Juli and Mamma Lawali.
The prosecution had charged the six accused persons with conspiracy, kidnapping, and possession of firearms.
The convicts were alleged to have conspired and kidnapped one Usman Mohammed while armed with two single barrel guns at Osi in Ekiti Local Government area of Kwara State in 2017.
The charge further revealed that the convicts took Mohammed into the bush where they demanded a ransom and were paid N400,000 by the victim's family.
The convicts who pleaded not guilty to the charges during the course of the trial told the court through their separate counsel that they were Fulanis who reared cattle and were always busy on their various farms attending to their animals.
Justice Ajayi in her judgment found the six accused persons guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
The Kwara State Director of Public Prosecution, Barr Abdulmumini Jimoh (SAN), who prosecuted the matter, expressed satisfaction with the verdict adding that it would serve as a deterrent to others.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Ajidagba Oladimeji Thompson Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi Ibikunle Ogunleye Nurudeen Muhammed Plat Technologies Kassim Babamale Tunji Olawuyi Isiaka Rafiu Mope Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede Dele Belgore Wakilin Mata Lafiagi Yakub Lai Gobir Abubakar Baba Sulaiman Harmony Holdings All Peoples Party Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu ER-KANG Mope Dasuki Belgore Olohungbebe Adekunle David Dunmade Anilelerin Arinola Lawal Elerinjare-Ibobo School Of Nursing Mohammed Yisa Emir Of Ilorin Mohammed Yahaya Barki Wasiu Onidugbe Local Government LAK Jimoh Isiaka Abdulrazak Kwara State Branch Of The National Library Alfa Modibbo Belgore Ilorin Durbar Turaki Of Ilorin Tafida Of Ilorin Ganiyu Abolarin All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools Abubakar Usman Jos Yusuf Arowosaye Oladipo Akanmu Tolani Funmi Salau Ramadan Sunday Fagbemi Third Estate Funke Adedoyin Gabriel Fashanu HYPPADEC ITP Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum Kannike AGILE Programme Shaaba Lafiagi Doyin Agbamu Esinrogunjo Offa Descendants Union Egbewole Ohoro Of Shao Neuropsychiatric Hospital Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla Oba Abdulraheem SWAN Simon Sayomi Fatima Abolore Jimoh Coronavirus Universal Basic Education Commission Freshvine Nigeria Limited Amoyo Afusat Nike Ibrahim Baba Idris Rotimi Samuel Olujide Baboko Bolakale Ayo

