Court sentences 2 males to twenty-yr imprisonment for kidnapping accepted lawyer

• The court docket has sentenced two kidnappers of the Senior Recommend of Nigeria (SAN) Mike Ozekhome 20-yr imprisonment
• The judgement got here 10 years after the convicts kidnapped Ozekhome at Iruekpen on his solution to Iviukwe in Agenebode, Edo
• Justice Binta Nyako, on the replace hand, discharged and acquitted the 2 completely different suspects from terrorism charges

FCT, Abuja – Kelvin Ezeigbe and Frank Azuekor, two of the four suspects who kidnapped Mike Ozekhome, SAN, had been sentenced to a 20-yr detention middle term each.

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal Excessive Court (FHC), Abuja, gave the judgement on Friday, October 6, The Nation.

Justice Nyako held that the sentence would bustle from the day of their arrest.

The contemplate, on the replace hand, discharged and acquitted the 2 completely different suspects, Michael Omonigho and Momoh Haruna,

The suspects were first arraigned earlier than Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a FHC, on June 9, 2014, on a 13-count label bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery, kidnapping and acts of terrorism.

Kelvin Ezeigbe, Frank Azuekor, Michael Omonigho and Momoh Haruna, allegedly kidnapped Ozekhome at Iruekpen on his solution to Iviukwe in Agenebode, Edo.

They were speculated to comprise kidnapped Ozekhome at Iruekpen on his solution to Iviukwe in Agenebode, Edo, on Aug. 23, 2013

Ozekhome became held in captivity for about three weeks earlier than his open allegedly following the fee of N28 million ransom.

Kidnappers abduct accepted, monarch, wife in Nasarawa

The Emir of Gurku of Karu Local Authorities Space of Nasarawa Dispute, Jibrin Mohammed and his wife were kidnapped by suspected unknown gunmen.

The incident has been confirmed by the Nasarawa Dispute Police Expose thru its spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, correct thru a briefing with journalists on Monday, August 7.

It became gathered that the suspected gunmen who kidnapped him and his wife invaded the monarch’s palace.

Gunmen kidnap native doctor, kill bodyguards in Anambra

A favored Anambra-essentially based completely completely native doctor, Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki, who resides in the Idemili North native govt set up of the divulge, became kidnapped.

The gunmen stormed the hotel of the favored witch doctor in the Oba neighborhood on Sunday evening, July 23, and whisked him away to an unknown destination.

His two bodyguards were shot wearisome earlier than he became later whisked away to an unknown destination

Source: Business City