COURT SENTENCES SARKIN FULANI OF ILORIN, 2 OTHERS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR KIDNAPPING.
The Sarkin Fulani of Ilorin, Kwara State, Alh Usman Adamu, his brother, and one Gidado Idris have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin for conspiracy to kidnap and kidnapping itself.
The trio of convicts were sentenced on Thursday.
The convicts were accused of kidnapping one Abubakar Ahmad and allegedly collected a ransom of N1 million before his eventual release after spending 20 days in captivity.
The kidnap incident happened in the middle of last year.
In her judgment, Justice Adenike Akinpelu said that the trio were all in agreement to commit a crime, adding whether they were physically present at the kidnap scene was immaterial.
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