Law & Crime
Court sentences Four to hanging in Bayelsa over kidnapping

By David Owei, Bayelsa
A Bayelsa High Court sitting in Yenagoa on Tuesday sentenced Four persons to death by hanging over alleged conspiracy and kidnapping.
The Four persons convicted include Manager Etonzor, Daniel Derietiedei, Inimotimi Rufus and Tari Firstman.
The presiding Judge, Justice Patience Diri, in the suit numbered YHC/43c/2021, found the Four person guilty of the allegations of conspiracy and kidnapping under section 2 (1) of the Bayelsa State Law 2013.
According to the Police Prosecution Counsel, the Four persons led by Manager Etonzor stormed the working site of November Dredging Company located at the Ayama Ijaw in Southern Ijaw Local Government area of Bayelsa State.
” While their attempt to abduct the owner of the dredging company failed, they started shooting sporadically and scare away most of the workers. But the 28 years old Secretary of the company, who was hiding in the office, was forcefully taken at gun point.”
” She was forced to part with the N400,000 proceeds in the company’s safe and took the girl away to a boat on the waterside.She was taken to the kidnappers’ hide out and a ransom of N6.5million was paid for her release”.
Upon her release, after one Month and three days, the operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping squad of the Bayelsa State Police Command commenced diligent investigation and through due investigation arrested their leader of the Kidnapper’s gang, Etonza Manager which led to the arrest of other member of the gang.
On arraignment in Court, the convicted kidnappers accused the investigation officers of “forceful obtainment” of confession and claim “intimidation”.
The Court, after due argument by both Counsels, admitted their various statements,witnesses statements and confessions as evidence.
Justice Patience Diri in her rulling found the Four accused guilty of the two count charge of conspiracy and kidnapping,” sentence to death by hanging.”
Law & Crime
Niger State AG, Commissioner for Justice seeks collaboration with Police to end thuggery, Youth restiveness

By Uthman Baba-Al-Naseer, Minna
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Niger State Barrister Nasiru Mua’zu, has requested for a collaboration with the Niger State Police Command to bring an end to the activities of thuggery and youth restiveness in Minna the Niger State Capital.
He assured the Niger State, Command of his Ministry supports in ensuring that the increasing Proportion of youths restiveness and other security Challenges in the state are brought to an end.
The Attorney General who stated this while on a courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Police in Niger State, CP Abudullahi Adamu Elleman in his office Monday, noted that the office of the Attorney General is worried with the activities of ” these miscreants that have been making Minna the state capital inhabitable in recent times”
According to the Commissioner for Justice, members of the public also need to support relevant security agencies in the state with the needed information on the activities of these miscreants ” so that they can be taken away from the streets in the general interest of the citizens”
Adding, “As you all known police and other security forces as well as the courts cannot perform any magic neither they are magicians.
” Without Any vital information from the Public on the identity of these miscreants and their hideouts you cannot expect any magic from the security agencies. So all stakeholders must collaborate with the relevant security agencies to flush out these youths from our midsts” he asserted
Speaking further, Nasiru Mua’zu described as disturbing the undue interference of some prominent individuals and parents on the prosecution of their children involvement in criminality warning that full wrath of the law will be visited on such parents.
The Attorney General assured that the Judiciary will continue to leave up its constitutional mandate in ensuring the full Prosecution of the miscreants and appropriate punishment are mated on them if found guilty noting that unnecessary interference as the factor responsible for the effective Prosecution of the miscreants
Receiving the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Police CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, applauded the Commissioner for Justice for the visit and assure that the Command under his leadership will synergize with the office of the Attorney General in ensuring the speedy dispensation of Criminal Justice in the state.
He noted that the Police, as a critical stakeholders in the Criminal administration of Justice would continue to partner with the Ministry of Justice in making the state unsafe for Criminal minded elements in the state
CP Adamu Elleman requested the support of the office of the Attorney General for training and retraining of investigating Police Officers (IPO) this according to the Commissioner of Police will improve the capacity of the Police investigators for effective performance.
He told the Attorney General that legal department of the Command will be given the needed empowerment for effective Prosecution of cases and the legal department will be monitored to perform.
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