Adamawa high court sitting in the state capital, Yola, has imprisoned five men who were responsible for the kidnap of a female journalist.
The court convicted and sentenced five men for kidnapping Mrs Amra Ahmad Diska back in 2021 and collecting ransom before releasing her.
Justice Danladi Mohammed, handed a life sentence to three of the men, Muhammad Habib Maki, Barde Usman, and Umar Mammanjoda, for their leading role in the kidnapping of the female journalist, who is a staff member of the state-owned radio house, Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Yola.
Justice Danladi also sentenced one of the culprits, Umar Abubakar to 10 years in Prison or a fine of one million naira. Similarly, Husseini Hamman was also sentenced to five years imprisonment without the option of a fine.
The court explained that Husseini got only five years behind bars because, on the day of his arraignment with the other four, he pleaded guilty to the offences and made his trial easier for the court.
Umar Abubakar, on the other hand, was handed a 10-year sentence for abatement as he was the one who furnished other convicts with information about the victim.
According to the facts of the case, the five convicts and Dogo Chongel Pullori and two others still at large conspired and, armed with guns, invaded the house of Ahmad Isa Mbamba at Mbamba in Yola South Local Government Area on May 4, 2021, and abducted his wife, Amra Ahmad Diska.
The convicts did not release her until after seven days when the family was able to raise the four million naira ransom they demanded.
Five out of the eight suspected kidnappers were later arrested and arraigned before the court on October 7, 2021.