The
Osun State High Court sitting in Iwo yesterday sentenced the five
persons standing trial for kidnapping the wife of the Speaker of the
state House of Assembly, Alhaja Muibat Salaam, to 27 years imprisonment.
In his over one hour judgement, the presiding judge, Justice Moshood Adeigbe, sentenced the five persons to seven years for conspiracy, 10 years for kidnapping and 10 years for unlawful possession of fire arms.
While stating that each term of the sentence would run concurrently, Justice Adeigbe said the five convicts deserved the full punishments because the offence they committed was callous, heartless and condemnable.
The judge said: “The prosecution have been able to establish their case against the defendants and the confessional statements were clear that the accused persons met at Royal Hotel in Agbor, Delta State, where they planned the kidnap, perfected it in Lagos and carried it out in Ejigbo.
“The exhibits also showed that the five accused persons kidnapped the PW2 (Mrs. Salaam), forced her into a trailer and dragged her into the bush on their way to Lagos before the Ogun State Police Command arrested them. “I hold that the prosecution have established their case and therefore found the five accused persons guilty of conspiracy, kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms”.
The five convicts, Chukwudi Okereke (40), Ogbole Ochijile Elijah (25), Okonkwo Lucky (33), Kaikine Mahah (35) and Nwadinnor Philip (30) were said to have conspired and armed with AK 47, kidnapped Mrs. Salaam, who was returning from her shop in her Honda Accord car marked OSHA02 at about 8pm around Oke-Oyo Road in Ejigbo, Osun State on October 9, 2012
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The prosecution, led by the Osun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adewale Afolabi, claimed that the convicts had confessed to the kidnapping of the Speaker’s wife in their individual statements to the police during investigations.
However, the defence counsel, Messrs. Sam George and Fredrick Komolafe, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, saying the convicts were married and they have children.
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
In his over one hour judgement, the presiding judge, Justice Moshood Adeigbe, sentenced the five persons to seven years for conspiracy, 10 years for kidnapping and 10 years for unlawful possession of fire arms.
While stating that each term of the sentence would run concurrently, Justice Adeigbe said the five convicts deserved the full punishments because the offence they committed was callous, heartless and condemnable.
The judge said: “The prosecution have been able to establish their case against the defendants and the confessional statements were clear that the accused persons met at Royal Hotel in Agbor, Delta State, where they planned the kidnap, perfected it in Lagos and carried it out in Ejigbo.
“The exhibits also showed that the five accused persons kidnapped the PW2 (Mrs. Salaam), forced her into a trailer and dragged her into the bush on their way to Lagos before the Ogun State Police Command arrested them. “I hold that the prosecution have established their case and therefore found the five accused persons guilty of conspiracy, kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms”.
The five convicts, Chukwudi Okereke (40), Ogbole Ochijile Elijah (25), Okonkwo Lucky (33), Kaikine Mahah (35) and Nwadinnor Philip (30) were said to have conspired and armed with AK 47, kidnapped Mrs. Salaam, who was returning from her shop in her Honda Accord car marked OSHA02 at about 8pm around Oke-Oyo Road in Ejigbo, Osun State on October 9, 2012
.
The prosecution, led by the Osun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adewale Afolabi, claimed that the convicts had confessed to the kidnapping of the Speaker’s wife in their individual statements to the police during investigations.
However, the defence counsel, Messrs. Sam George and Fredrick Komolafe, prayed the court to temper justice with mercy, saying the convicts were married and they have children.
Good riddance to bad rubbish!
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