The arraignment of four suspects allegedly involved in the kidnapping of University of Abuja, UniAbuja, lecturers and their children in 2021 was delayed on Monday due to the start of the Federal High Court vacation.
The case, which was scheduled as the first on Justice Donatus Okorowo’s cause list, has been rescheduled for May 13. Gunmen had attacked the UniAbuja Staff Quarters in Gwagwalada on November 2, 2021, and abducted six individuals, including Professor Joseph Adavani and Dr. Ferguson Tobins, among others.
The abductors, who contacted the families of the victims a day after their kidnap, demanded a ransom of N300 million.
But the Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT Command, DSP Josephine Adeh, on Nov. 5, 2021, confirmed their release.
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The development followed the efforts of the command in a joint operation with other security agencies, according to her.
She also stated that some suspects linked to the crime had been nabbed by security operatives.
Credible News reports that the Federal Government, through the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, AGF, however, filed a two-count criminal charge against the four suspects.
They are Adamu Abubakar; Nura Muhammed Ahmadu; Ismailia Abubakar and Abdulrahman Ado, also known as Yellow.
The charge, dated July 5, 2023, was filed July 11, 2023 by David Kaswe, the Chief State Counsel in the Department of Public Prosecutions of the Federation in the Federal Ministry of Justice.
The federal government said the offence contravened the provisions of Sections 15 and 17 of the Terrorism.
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