An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ado Ekiti District, has ordered the remand in custodial centre of a 38 years old man, Yakubu Wakili, for alleged kidnapping.Inspector Olumide Bamigbade, said, the defendant “is reasonably suspected to have committed the offence of kidnapping of Ojo Ayobami, Abanikanda Kehinde, Abanikanda Serifat and also maliciously damaged cassava and yam farms belonging to Daramola Omoniyi Michael and Olorunsola Akintoye.
According to the husband of one of the victims, who reported the matter at the police station, his 42 years old wife travelled to Ikole Ekiti on December 18, 2021 to process her palm kernel when the incident happened. He said, “When I expected her to come back and she did not return, I called her telephone line, while answering, she was crying. She said that she had been kidnapped alongside others on their way back to Ikole Ekiti.The prosecutor said, “The offences run contrary to and punishable under Section 3 of the Kidnap and Terrorism Law of Ekiti State, 2015 and Section 451 of the Criminal Code Cap. C16 Laws of Ekiti State, 2012.
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