{"id":13135,"date":"2026-04-29T18:27:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=13135"},"modified":"2026-04-29T18:27:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:27:52","slug":"drama-as-court-sentences-fulani-herdsman-to-live-jailslumps-in-dock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2026\/04\/29\/drama-as-court-sentences-fulani-herdsman-to-live-jailslumps-in-dock\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama as court sentences Fulani herdsman to live jail,slumps in dock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BY Uthman-Baba Naseer, Minna <\/p>\n<p>There was a mild drama at the Minna High Court number Six, when a Fulani herdsman was sentenced and convicted to life in jail and slumped and collapsed in the dock.<\/p>\n<p>He was arraigned along with his co-defendant  who was discharged for lack of diligence prosecution by the office of the Attorney General of Niger State for the offence  kidnapping<\/p>\n<p>Justice Balkisu Gambo Yusuf,found him guilty of kidnapping and pronounced life jail on him and discharged his crime partner acquitted for lack of evidence against him<\/p>\n<p>Immediately she discharged and acquited  the second defendant and pronounced life jail on the first defendant, he slumped and collapsed in the dock.<\/p>\n<p>He was found guilty of the offence of kidnapping punishable under section 2 (2) of kidnapping and cattle rustling law of Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>In over two hours&#8217; judgment, Justice Balkisu Gambo Yusuf,while reviewing the case, held that the Prosecuting counsel has proved his case beyond every reasonable doubt and was  found guilty of kidnapping punishable under section 2 (2), of the kidnapping and cattle rustling law of Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c Having reviewed the charge and the evidence tendered before this court, you Musa Nagoma is found guilty of the offence of kidnapping and cattle rustling punishable under section 2 (2) of Niger State law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c You are hereby convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment while you Mu\u2019azu Adamu the second defendant is hereby discharged and acquitted for lack of diligence prosecution\u201d she ruled.<\/p>\n<p>However,the court room was thrown into a dramatic scene immediately Justice Balkisu Yusuf pronounced the sentenced on him and interpreted to him from English to Hausa,he slumped and collapsed while standing in the dock <\/p>\n<p>The court correctional officers rushed to the dock and evacuated him to the stationed correctional ambulance at the court premises to the hospital UTHMAN BABA-NASEER,MINNA.<\/p>\n<p>There was a mild drama at the Minna High Court number Six, when a Fulani herdsman was sentenced and convicted to life in jail and slumped and collapsed in the dock.<\/p>\n<p>He was arraigned along with his co-defendant  who was discharged for lack of diligence prosecution by the office of the Attorney General of Niger State for the offence  kidnapping<\/p>\n<p>Justice Balkisu Gambo Yusuf,found him guilty of kidnapping and pronounced life jail on him and discharged his crime partner acquitted for lack of evidence against him<\/p>\n<p>Immediately she discharged and acquited  the second defendant and pronounced life jail on the first defendant, he slumped and collapsed in the dock.<\/p>\n<p>He was found guilty of the offence of kidnapping punishable under section 2 (2) of kidnapping and cattle rustling law of Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>In over two hours&#8217; judgment, Justice Balkisu Gambo Yusuf,while reviewing the case, held that the Prosecuting counsel has proved his case beyond every reasonable doubt and was  found guilty of kidnapping punishable under section 2 (2), of the kidnapping and cattle rustling law of Niger State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c Having reviewed the charge and the evidence tendered before this court, you Musa Nagoma is found guilty of the offence of kidnapping and cattle rustling punishable under section 2 (2) of Niger State law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c You are hereby convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment while you Mu\u2019azu Adamu the second defendant is hereby discharged and acquitted for lack of diligence prosecution\u201d she ruled.<\/p>\n<p>However,the court room was thrown into a dramatic scene immediately Justice Balkisu Yusuf pronounced the sentenced on him and interpreted to him from English to Hausa,he slumped and collapsed while standing in the dock <\/p>\n<p>The court correctional officers rushed to the dock and evacuated him to the stationed correctional ambulance at the court premises to the hospital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY Uthman-Baba Naseer, Minna There was a mild drama at the Minna High Court number Six, when a Fulani herdsman was sentenced and convicted to life in jail and slumped and collapsed in the dock. 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