KIDNAP KINGPIN, WADUME, SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS IN PRISON

Hamisu Bala, the suspected kidnap kingpin better known as Wadume, has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Wadume was charged alongside Aliyu Dadje, a police inspector, Auwalu Bala, Uba Bala, Bashir Wazlri, Zubairu Abdullahi and Rayyanu Abdul. They were prosecuted by the office of the attorney-general of the federation on a 13-count charge. Binta Nyako, the presiding judge, delivered the judgment on July 22 — but it was made available to the media on Sunday. The judge convicted Wadume on two counts — escaping from lawful custody and unlawfully dealing…

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