Kidnap Kingpin, Wadume Bags Seven Years Imprisonment
Justice Binta Nyako has sentenced popular and notorious Taraba-based kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, otherwise known as Wadume, to seven years without an option of fine.
In the trial that lasted three years, Wadume was convicted on counts two and 10 of the 13 counts brought against him and six others by the Attorney General of the Federation.
The presiding judge delivered the judgment on July 22 but got to the hands of newsmen on Sunday.
Wadume was convicted on counts two and 10 which centers on escaping from lawful custody and unlawfully dealing in prohibited firearms.
Other defendants in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/30/2020 include: Aliyu Dadje (a police inspector), Auwalu Bala (aka omo razor), Uba Bala (aka Uba Delu), Bashir Wazlri (aka baba runs), Zubairu Abdullahi (aka Basho) and Rayyanu Abdul.
