Kidnappers of Mike Ozekhome Sentenced to 20-year imprisonment
- The court has sentenced two kidnappers of the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Mike Ozekhome 20-year imprisonment
- The judgement came 10 years after the convicts kidnapped Ozekhome at Iruekpen on his way to Iviukwe in Agenebode, Edo
- Justice Binta Nyako, however, discharged and acquitted the two other suspects from terrorism charges
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FCT, Abuja - Kelvin Ezeigbe and Frank Azuekor, two of the four suspects who kidnapped Mike Ozekhome, SAN, have been sentenced to a 20-year jail term each.
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja, gave the judgement on Friday, October 6, The Nation.
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Justice Nyako held that the sentence would run from the day of their arrest.
The judge, however, discharged and acquitted the two other suspects, Michael Omonigho and Momoh Haruna,
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The suspects were first arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a FHC, on June 9, 2014, on a 13-count charge 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 way to Iviukwe in Agenebode, Edo.
They were alleged to have kidnapped Ozekhome at Iruekpen on his way to Iviukwe in Agenebode, Edo, on Aug. 23, 2013
Ozekhome was held in captivity for about three weeks before his release allegedly following the payment of N28 million ransom.
Kidnappers abduct prominent, monarch, wife in Nasarawa
The Emir of Gurku of Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Jibrin Mohammed and his wife were kidnapped by suspected unknown gunmen.
The incident has been confirmed by the Nasarawa State Police Command through its spokesperson, DSP Ramhan Nansel, during a briefing with journalists on Monday, August 7.
It was gathered that the suspected gunmen who abducted him and his wife invaded the monarch's palace.
Gunmen kidnap native doctor, kill bodyguards in Anambra
A popular Anambra-based native doctor, Akwa Okuko Tiwaraki, who resides in the Idemili North local government area of the state, was abducted.
The gunmen stormed the hotel of the popular witch doctor in the Oba community on Sunday night, July 23, and whisked him away to an unknown destination.
His two bodyguards were shot dead before he was later whisked away to an unknown destination
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