An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure on Monday sentenced seven herdsmen to life imprisonment for kidnapping Chief Olu Falae,a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, (SGF).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the herdsmen had on Sept.21, 2015, allegedly invaded Falae’s farm, attacked his workers and kidnapped him to an unknown destination.
The seven convicted persons are: Abubakar Auta, Bello Jannu, Umaru Ibarahim, Masahudu Muhammed, Idris Lawal, Abdulkadir Umar and Babawuro Kato
The court presided over by Justice Williams Olamide held that the suspects were guilty of the kidnap charge brought against them by the Ondo State Government.
Olamide said the recovered ransom, call logs, and identification of the suspects by Falae indicted them of complicity in the crime and subsequently sentenced them to life imprisonment without an option of fine.
He, however, acquitted them of conspiracy and armed robbery, two of the five charges.
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