Court sentences two notorious kidnappers to death
- Two notorious kidnappers have been sentenced to death by hanging by a Delta state high court sitting in the Warri Judicial Division
- The duo were found guilty of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, kidnapping, attempted kidnap and demanding property with menace
- The presiding judge further slammed the defendants with a five years imprisonment each for conspiracy to commit kidnapping
A Delta state high court sitting in the Warri Judicial Division has sentenced two notorious kidnappers to death by hanging for armed robbery and kidnap activities in Oleh, Isoko south local government area of the state.
Legit.ng gathered that Justice A.A. Onojovwo, who delivered the judgment on Friday, June 29, found the convicts guilty of conspiracy to commit armed robbery, kidnapping, attempted kidnap and demanding property with menace.
According to Punch, the two convicts are Collins Okoro, a HND student of Banking and Finance at the Delta State Polytechnic, Oghara and Ejemuta Ogofure, a driver.
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The duo were sentenced for also kidnapping Ogboghro Vincent, an employee of Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, who was abducted by the accused persons on May 7, 2012 at Irri, within the Oleh Judicial Division and also robbed of his Honda Accord saloon car. The convicts had demanded N5 million ransom from Vincent before releasing him.
They were equally accused of being members of a notorious gang of armed robbers and kidnappers terrorising Oleh and its neighbouring communities of Isoko South local government.
Onojovwo ruled: “The prosecuting counsel from the state Ministry of Justice, Mrs Jereoma Sam-Oligida, has proved beyond reasonable doubt the essential ingredients of the crime of conspiracy to kidnap one Mr Ogboghro Vincent, and the attempted kidnap of one Mrs Precious Ibenegbu."
The presiding Judge of the court while delivering the judgment also further slammed the defendants with a five years imprisonment each for conspiracy to commit kidnapping and seven years imprisonment each respectively for kidnapping.
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They were charged under the old law that provided for a maximum punishment of 10 years imprisonment for offenders.
In a previous report by Legit.ng, the Nigeria Police Force arrested a notorious kidnap gang who abducted one Hadiza Husseini on Friday, Janauary 19, and demanded for five hundred thousand naira (N500,000.00) for her release.
The force public relations office, CSP Jimoh Moshood, said the incident took place at Anguwa Bala village in Karu local government area of Kaduna state.
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Source: Legit.ng
