KIDNAPPING: COURT REVOKE BAIL OF SUSPECTS
UTHMAN BABA- SIRAJDEEN
The Minna Chief Magistrate court Number One predided over by Hajiya Fati Umar Hassan has revoked the bail of two suspects due to discrepancy in the Police First Information Report (FIR) filed against them by the state Anti kidnapping squad of the Niger State Police Command.
The police were ordered by the court to then re-investigate the suspects and re- arraigned them before the court for hearing after the completion of the police Investigation.
She ordered also that a neutral body of the state police or an independent body of the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) to conduct a discreet Investigation in the case before re-arraigning them.
” A neutral body or an independent minded department of the State Investigation department of the state police command to Investigate the case.
“I’m not convinced with the content of the First Information Report (FIR), There is somany inconsistency in the FIR. Please take them back for discreet Investigation ” she told the police Prosecutor.
However, this reporter findings revealed that the two defendants were found with a Tecno handset that was forcefully taken from one Abubakar Mohammadu who went to pay ransom to some kidnappers that invaded their camp in the Wushishi area and kidnapped his brother and his wife.
The kidnappers it was learnt killed their victims after collecting the ransom of two million naira from the said Abubakar Mohammadu and killed him.
It was also gathered that the Tecno handset was tracked to Sabon Gari area of Wushishi and the handset was tracked to the two defendants and they were linked to the Kidnapping and killing of their victims after collecting the ransom from the said Abubakar Mohammadu before killing him..
The Anti kidnapping squad of the police in Niger it was gathered refused to include culpable homicide and kidnapping in the police First Information Report brought to the court which informed the revocation of the bail earlier granted them.
They were charged on the three count charges which was ordinarily bailable which informed the granting them bail by the chief Magistrate.
They were earlier arraigned on three count charges which bordered on Criminal Conspiracy, belonging to gang of thieves and being in possession of handset suspected to have been stolen
The three count charges according to the police Prosecutor Ahmed Saidu DSP were punishable under sections 97, 306 and 319 of the penal code law.
However, the Police Prosecutor Ahmed Saidu DSP told the court that ” I’m not objecting to the revocation of the bail as we are only prosecuting, not persecuting. In the interest of justice we are not objecting to the bail”.
