Notorious Kidnapper Hamisu Wadume Gets  7-Year Sentence In Abuja

 Justice Binta Nyako  of the Federal High Court , Abuja has  declared  a kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, and two others  guilty of  two of  the charges preferred against them.

 Aliyu Dadje, a police inspector, who was the station officer at the police headquarters  in  Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State, will also spend three years behind bars  for tampering with the record in order to conceal a crime.

Apart from  Wadume and Dadje, other convicts are  Auwalu Bala (aka Omo Razor), Uba Bala (aka Uba Delu), Bashir Waziri (aka Baba Runs), Zubairu Abdullahi (aka Basho) and Rayyanu Abdul.

Delu, Abdullahi, and Abdul  also got a seven-year sentence each   while Omo Razor and Baba Runs were  discharged and acquitted for want of evidence.

Team@orientactualmags.com  learned Justice Nyako’s judgment  was delivered on July 22  while it was  made available to journalists on Sunday.

Wadume and others were taken to court by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice    and were accused of kidnapping, murder, terrorism and possession of illegal arms.

This was sequel to  the killing of three police officers and two civilians on August 6, 2019 by some soldiers.

 The policemen, who were attached to the Intelligence Response Team, Abuja, had arrested Wadume at Ibi before being ambushed on the road by the military men.

Ten military officers earlier charged along with the convicts and whose trial were separated for departmental reasons, are: Captain Tijjani Balarabe; Staff Sgt David Isaiah; Sgt Ibrahim Mohammed; Corporal Bartholomew Obanye; Private Mohammed Nura; Lance Corporal Okorozie Gideon; Corporal Marcus Michael; Lance Corporal Nvenaweimoeimi Akpagra; Staff Sgt Abdulahi Adamu and Private Ebele Emmanuel- Team@orientactualmags.com
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