Kidnapping: DSS Testifies Against Sarkin Fulani Of Kwara

Date: 2023-01-23

An operative of the Department of State Security (DSS), Femi Babalola, has told a court that the Sarkin Fulani of Kwara State, Adamu Usman, confessed to have masterminded the abduction of one Abubakar Ahmadu and collected N1m for his release in a statement he volunteered at the DSS office in Ilorin.

Babalola disclosed this while testifying before Justice Adenike Akinpelu of the Kwara State High Court, saying, “Abubakar Ahmadu (the victim) in his voluntary statement that he was forced into a private vehicle belonging to one Ibrahim Sahun, blindfolded with his hands tied, and taken to a detention facility under the instruction of Hardo (Sarkin Fulani) where he was kept until 10th of August when he was released to his family.

“And this led to the invitation of the alleged kidnapper, Usman Adamu (Hardo), on the 11th to our office. In his statement, he confessed to have staged the abduction of Abubakar, noting that the ransom was agreed upon at the instance of his brother, Idrissa Adamu, and the meeting was held inside Gide's house.”

Adebayo Adelodun (SAN), the defence counsel for Usman Adamu and Gide Mohammed, objected to the admissibility of the DSS statements on the ground that its operative, Babalola, while recording them, didn't comply with the provisions of Section 33(2) of the Kwara State Administration of Criminal Justice Act that their statements should be made in the presence of a legal practitioner or a relative of choice.

He termed the statements as “enlarged versions of the exact statements made by the defendants” and prayed the court to grant the first defendant bail on health grounds.

However, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Ayoola Idowu Akande, said the provisions as cited by Adelodun were just “procedural laws” not fit enough to render the statements of the defendants inadmissible before the court.

The judge struck out the bail applications and adjourned the case to February 1, 2023.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Peter Obi     Bilikisu Gambari     Alaiye     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Ibrahim Labaika     Sadiq Umar     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Code Of Conduct     Kayode Issa     Ayodele Shittu     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Sa\'adu Gambari     Akanji     Galland Marcias     Yusuf A. Usman     Eleyele     ASMAU PLAZA     Hakeem Lawal     Esuwoye     Temitope Ogunbanke     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Agbarere     Bayo Onimago     Law School Scholarship     Kawu Baraje     James Ayeni     Aminu Ado Bayero     IYA YUSUF     Durbar Festival     Admiralty Villa     Edret Sabi Abel     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Senate     Bankole Omishore     Mustapha Akanbi     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Kwara South     Col. Taiwo     First Lady     NURTW     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Elerin Of Adanla     Khairat Gwadabe     Musibau Akanji     Orire     Olatunji Bamgbola     Olaitan Buraimoh     AbdulGafar Tosho     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Ayo Opadokun     Asa LGEA School     Ahmad Lawan     PharmAccess Foundation     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Yahaya Dumoye     Michael Nzekwe     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Matthew Okedare     Mutawalle     Saliu Ajia     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Oloye     Alliance For Democracy     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Otuka     Quareeb Islamic Association     Christopher Odetunde     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Simeon Sayomi     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aliyu Sabi     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     KWAFFA     Temitope Ogunbanke     Toyosi Thomas     Bankole Omisore     Riskat Opakunle     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Tosho Yaqub     Rex Olawoye     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Baruten     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Wahab Abayawo     PPS     Afonja     CELF     Danhawa     Musa Yeketi     PharmAccess Foundation     JUSUN     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Dagbalodo     ASKOMP     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Igosun     Ilorin Emirate     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     AbdulHamid Adi     Alapado     Ilesha-Gwanara     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Chief Of Staff     Ayobami Akanbi     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Suleman Abubakar     Centre For Digital Economy     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Kwara Consultative Forum     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Mashood Dauda     Muyideen Ajani Bello     Idi-Ape     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Ibrahim Taiwo     Isiaka Gold     Orisa Bridge     Kolawole Akande     United Nigeria Congress Party     Shuaibu Yaman     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Suleiman Idris     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Kwara State Polytechnic     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Oko-Erin     Okanlawon Taiwo     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     General Hospital, Ilorin     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Anilelerin     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Ope Saraki     Oniyangi     Patience Jonathan     Kisra     Magaji Are     National Broadcasting Commission     Undergraduate Bursary     Idris Garba     Kwara University Of Education     Jaigbade Alao     Magaji Erubu