Adamawa State High Court of Justice on Monday, convicted and sentenced 3 kidnappers of female staff of the Adamawa Broadcasting Corperation(ABC) Yola, Amra Ahmad Diska, to life imprisonment. News Platform.
The court presided by Hon. Justice Danladi Mohammed, also sentenced other kidnapper of the woman to 10 years imprisonment with a option of N1million fine and jailed 1 other to 5 years in prison without option.
Those sentenced to life imprisonment include: Muhammad Habib Maki (aka Dram), Barde Usman and Umar Mammanjoda (aka Umar Mbamba).
Likewise, Husseini Hamman (aka Awilo) was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment without option of fine, while Umar Abubakar (aka Naibi) bagged 10 years prison term or N1million option of fine.
Husseini, was sentenced to 5 years behind bars because on the day of his arraignment along side 4 other convicts, he pleaded guilty to the offences and made his trial easier for the court, hence the mitigation of sentence.
While Umar Abubakar, (aka Naibi), 5th convict was slammed 10 years jail term for the offence of abatement. He was the one who furnished other convicts with information about the victims.
The 5 convicts and Dogo Chongel Pullori, Dabo and Bello (still at large) conspired and abducted Ahmadu Njoboli and Amra Ahmad Diska from their various homes in Yola South LGA.
The convicts and 3 others at large while armed with guns, invaded the house of Ahmad Isa Mbamba at Mbamba in Yola South on the 4th May, 2021, and abducted his wife.
She spent 7 days in the kidnappers' den until the payment of N4million ransom by family members before regaining her freedom.
The convicts also abducted Ahmadu Njoboli, on the 11th September, 2021, detained him for 19 days and collected the sum of N5million as ransom before releasing him.
Five out of eight kidnappers were later apprehended and arraigned before the court on the 7th October, 2021, where 4 pleaded not guilty, while 1 admitted having committed the offences, hence their trial and conviction accordingly.
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