BREAKING: Seven Fulani herdsmen sentenced to life imprisonment for kidnapping Olu Falae

An Ondo State High Court, on Monday sentenced seven Fulani herdsmen who were involved in the kidnap of a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Olu Falae, to life imprisonment.

The herdsmen were arraigned by the state government in 2015 of kidnapping the former SGF from his Ilado Village, Akure North Local Government Area of the state.

Ondo government arraigned the accused persons on five counts of kidnapping, abduction, aiding and abetting, kidnapping, conspiracy and armed robbery.

During today’s trial, Justice Williams Olamide, found the accused persons guilty of kidnapping Falae.

The convicts are: Abubakar Auta, Bello Jannu, Umaru Ibarahim, Masahudu Muhammed, Idris Lawal, Abdulkadir Umar and Babawo Kato.

Their offence, according to the Ondo State Government contravened Section 2 of the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Abduction Law, 5(1) (a) of the Anti-Kidnapping and Anti-Abduction Laws, Section 3(11)(b) of the Anti-Kidnapping and Abduction Law, Section 6(b) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act, Cap R11, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, and Section 1(2)(a) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act, Cap R11, Vol. 14, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.

The judge held that the “recovered ransom, call logs, and identification of the suspects by Falae himself, indicted the convicts of complicity” in the crime.

Against this backdrop, Justice Olamide subsequently sentenced the convicts to Olokuta prison, Akure for life, without an option of a fine.