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Eight Condemned Convicts Causes Scare At Yola High Court During Sentences.
No fewer than eight condemned convicts, have caused scare at the premises of state High court 3 Yola, when the presiding judge Justice Abdulazeez Waziri, pronounced death sentence on them. The convicts who were found guilty on nine count charges, were sentenced to death by hanging, over alleged robbery and murder cases, went hostile, raining abusive words on journalists in the court room who covered the event. Reporters from Adamawa Television (ATV) and Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), (name withheld), were assaulted at the scene by the paired handcuffed convicts, who took advantages of the available pebbles to cause commotion. The convicts descended on the journalists and were rescued by the prison personnel drafted to provide security. These convicted are Aliyu Ardo, Saidu Mijinyawa, Shuaibu Abubakar, and Sani Musa. Others are Kabiru Abdullahi, Saidu Abubakar, Umar Mohammed and Sanusi Ibrahim Emmason . The judge gave 90 days right to appeal on the judgement by the defense council. The State Controller Prison, Umar Audu when contacted on matter said, they have sent a delegation, to apologize with the judge over the sad incident. According to him, the apology became necessary, following the role played by his personnel, in conveying the convicts to the court for the judgement. “The convicts were so rowdy when the death sentenced was passed on them. Umar said additional personnel have already been drafted, to avert future occurrences, while promising to apologize to the NUJ council, to identify with the affected journalists. Meanwhile, the police has paraded 17 armed robbery, kidnapping and unlawful possession of fire armed suspects in the state. The newly posted Commissioner of police Sabo Umar, also paraded Aisha Usman who framed been kidnapped and sending SMS messages demanding huge ransom from her parents by her abductors.

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