By Sabiu Abdullahi
An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced 2 men to death by hanging over the abduction of an official of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Omoboade Adesina.
The incident happened on April 22, 2022.
The convicts, identified as Ibrahim Abubakar and Abdullahi Abubakar, were found guilty of kidnapping the NYSC staff member.
However, the court cleared a third defendant, Usman Abubakar, after ruling that prosecutors failed to prove his involvement in the crime.
The 3 suspects were earlier arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) before they were arraigned in court.
Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Lekan Ogunmoye, delivered the judgment. He held that the prosecution successfully established its case beyond reasonable doubt.
The judge said evidence from the identification parade and call data analysis linked the 2 convicts to the kidnapping.
Ogunmoye thereafter sentenced Ibrahim Abubakar and Abdullahi Abubakar to death by hanging.
The court also discharged and acquitted Usman Abubakar due to lack of sufficient evidence connecting him to the offence.
