Court sentences native doctor to death for kidnapping in Akwa Ibom

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Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, on Friday, sentenced one Sunday George Andrew, also known as Sunday Akpan Adede, to death by hanging for kidnapping two brothers, Chief Israel Efefiong Utit and Pastor Bassey Utit.

Andrew, a native doctor from Ikono Local Government Area of the state, was said to have conspired with others, now at large, to commit the offence at Nkemba Street, Uyo on November 29, 2015, and harbored the victims in his shrine at Ikot Enua, Ikono, demanding N50m as ransom.

If he was a kidnapper, his access and exit would not have been restricted or curtailed, as shown in evidence. The real kidnappers left the camp; he was not allowed freedom of movement. That is why I see him as an innocent victim too,' Justice Ette held.

 

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