HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, said by sentencing Wadume to seven years without an option of a fine, the judiciary is allegedly aiding kidnapping because the convict’s offences were far heavier than the punishment he got.
Wadume was convicted on counts two and 10 bordering on escaping from lawful custody, unlawfully dealing in prohibited firearms, terrorism, and kidnapping. Other defendants in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/30/2020 are: Aliyu Dadje , Auwalu Bala , Uba Bala , Bashir Wazlri , Zubairu Abdullahi and Rayyanu Abdul.
The rights group said that were the judiciary independent, it could have petitioned the National Judicial Council, NJC, “but we are urging Nigerians to take note that there are double standards in the dispensation of justice under President Muhammadu Buhari demonstrating that the judiciary has been captured by the executive arm of government.
“The judge needs to be reminded that there were many cases where lesser offences such as child molestation got heavier sentences including that of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James, alias Baba Ijesha, who was sentenced by a Lagos court to 16 years in prison concurrently.
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