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.

Shettima     Afonja     Senate     Dan-Kazeem     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Saad Omo Iya     MMWG     Amuda Musbau     Oba Abdulraheem     AIT Ilorin     Turaki Of Ilorin     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Adama Isa     Abatemi Usman     Mahe Abdulkadir     Kola Bukoye     Bayo Ojo     Gbugbu     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Demola Banu     Hausa     Abikan     Doyin Agbamu     Tafidan Kaiama     All Peoples Party     Mogaji Aare     Marafan Shonga     Tanke     Dan Iya     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Raji AbdulRasaq     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Maryam Ado Bayero     Lithium     Lola Ashiru     Kayode Bankole     Iqra Books     Taofeek Ibraheem     Ayegbeni     Seun Bolaji     Quran     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Sambo Murtala     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Issa Manzuma     NSCIA     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Saidu Isa     Musibau Akanji     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Bashiru Makama     UITH     Mamman Saba Jibril     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Odo-Owa     Kwara State University Of Education     Usman Alkali Baba     Lola Olabayo     Mashood Dauda     Siraj Oyewale     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Bond     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission     Aliyu U. Tilde     Onilorin     Otoge     Buari Edun     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Rasheed Jimoh     Lucky Omoluwa     TETFUND     Cornelius Fawenu     Yeketi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Public Holiday     Bukola Ajikobi     Ishola Moses Abiodun     EndSARS     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Amada Jidda     Ayinde Oki     Wahab Isa     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Sodiya     Abdulkareem Alabi     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     QuickWin     SGBN     Sunday Otokiti     Young Progressives Party     Ahman Pategi University     Salake     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     KWAFFA     Bayo Lawal     Kunle Suleiman     Alao Ayotunde     TESCOM     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     LABTOP     Makama Of Kaiama     Ijagbo Health Centre     Ohoro Of Shao     Crystal Corner Shops     Balogun-Ojomu     Funmi Salau     Ajia-Bako     Balogun Fulani     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Shero     Obasanjo     AbdulHamid Adi     Ibrahim Orire     Yusuf Arowosaye     Paul Odama     MINILS     Fatimoh Lawal     Isin     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Oni Adebayo     Clara Nwachukwu     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Quareeb Islamic Association     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Abdulrahman Iliasu     National Democratic Congress     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Omu Aran     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Barakat Community Secondary School     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Bureau Of Lands     MMWG     Amusa Bello     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Saheed Popoola     Harmony Holdings     CLAY POT     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode