3 Police officers dismissed over kidnap of Delta State Chief Judge

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Inspector General of Police- Muhammed Abubakar

Consequent to their involvement in the kidnap and alleged attempted poisoning of Delta State High Court judge, Justice Flora Azinge, five persons, including the Judge’s personal driver and 3 police officers were arraigned before a magistrate court in Warri.

They were earlier arrested for allegedly been involved in the kidnap and the demand of N20 million ransom from the judge’s family.

Security watch learnt that while the suspects were in police custody, one of the police officers called the mobile number of the driver of the judge who was earlier arrested and released by Directorate of State Service, DSS, and ordered him to poison the judge but their evil plans were discovered from the call logs of the suspects.

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Kaduna-based newspaper demands release of detained editor, reporter

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In less than 12 hours that the State Security Service agents, soldiers and policemen arrested a Kaduna-based newspaper, Al-Mizan’s Editor, Mallam Musa Muhammad Awwal, and a reporter, Mallam Aliyu Saleh, the management of the newspaper have asked the security agents to released its staff with an immediate effect.

In a statement issued by the newspaper’s Editor-in-Chief, Ibrahim Musa, he disclosed that over 40 security agents in 10 cars and an Armoured Personnel Carrier swooped on Aliyu’s home in Rigasa, Kaduna and manhandled him with other occupants in his house before he was arrested alongside his wife.

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Man arrested for kidnapping 10-year-old boy

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The Osogbo Magistrate Court Yesterday arraigned one Nurudeen Adeniyi, 37, for allegedly abducting a 10-year-old boy.

According to the police charged sheet, Nurudeen was alleged to have kidnapped Sikiru Salam, a pupil of AUD Primary School, Isale Osun, Osogbo, on September 30, around 8.00 p.m. at Ibokun road in Osogbo, Osun State.

The police prosecutor, Sergeant Oladoye Joshua said the offence contravenes and is punishable under section 249 (D) of the Criminal Code cap 34 Vol II laws of Osun State of Nigeria 2003.

Nurudeen, however, pleaded not guilty to the two-count charges of abduction and felony leveled against him when they were read to him by the court clerk.

According to the defence counsel, Nnena Ngwu pleaded the court to grant the accused bail on the most liberal term, stressing that he was ready to stand trial and would provide sureties, if granted bail.

Ngwu insists that the accused remains innocent until he’s proven guilty of the charges as contained under section 118 of the laws of Nigeria.

Mr Joshua while responding to the bail application maintains that if he was granted bail, it would send bad signal to other people out there regarding kidnapping and other vices.

Ngwu told the court the essence of bail was to secure the accused to stand his trial. She prayed the court to grant the accused bail.

The president of the court, Adewumi Makanjuola, admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N250,000 with two sureties.

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PHOTOS: Kidnap Scene Of Delta State Commissioner, Hope Eghagha

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