₦airaland Forum

A High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state capital and presided by Justice Nsemeke Daniel has sentenced Corporal Mbazigwe Chinedu and a bus conductor identified as Isaac Eddy Ndeesor to death by hanging for kidnapping a school principal Elder Akara Johnson Mendie at community secondary school, Nkek , Ukanafun local government area of the state.

It was reported that Elder Mendie was abducted on 5th July, 2015 at about 3:30pm while returning from church with his wife and other family members along Urua Akpan Udosen/Ikot Una road in the community.

According to Justice Daniel, the victim’s wife told the court that four armed men driving in a Toyota Camry blocked their vehicle, forcefully took her husband and escaped with him to unknown destination.

Justice Daniel further disclosed that the victim’s wife said the kidnappers also seized her handbag containing important documents, including a will, a Power of Attorney, reading glasses and a GSM phone.

In his testimony to the court , the kidnappers told the victim that one of his brothers had paid them N50 million to eliminate him but offered to spare his life, if he could produce N25 million.

He said after some days in captivity, negotiations were initiated and on 10th July, 2015, a ransom of N200,000 was eventually paid through the victim’s younger sister to facilitate his released .

He said the abductors finally dropped in Bori, Rivers State, from where he reported at Bori Police Station where the Divisional Police Officer arranged transportation that conveyed him back to his community in Ukanafun local government area in Akwa Ibom state .

Justice Daniel also restated that the victim’s sister who stayed in Bayelsa state and negotiated the ransom told the court the kidnappers initially directed her to deliver the ransom in Bayelsa, but kept changing the meeting points: from Bayelsa to Rumuokoro, then to a trailer park, Ogoni, and finally a roundabout in Ikwerre before the brother was released the following day .

“At the final location, three masked men on a motorcycle collected the ransom and fled.”

He said he joined the Nigeria Police Force in January 2007.

“He told the Police that on the day of the incident, he was contacted by one Felix (surname unknown), whom he had known from Mopol 56 in Ogoni.

“Felix allegedly introduced another individual known as “Different Man,” who claimed that an unnamed “honourable” wanted the victim kidnapped over allegations that the victim had killed his friend.

“Friday admitted he drove his Toyota Camry and blocked the victim’s vehicle.

He stated that Felix and Isaac forcefully removed the victim and placed him inside his car.

“When the Camry developed a fault, he boarded public transport to Uyo, retrieved his Volkswagen Golf and returned to continue the operation, transporting the victim to a bush in Ogoni, Rivers State.”

Delivering judgment, Hon. Justice Nsemeke Daniel criticized the protracted trial, noting that the case, filed in 2016, was only concluded in 2026 and dismissed the first defendant’s claims of a frame-up, stating that his explanations were inconsistent and did not affect the substance of the charges.

“How can a Police officer lead a gang of kidnappers to abduct a poor victim returning from church with his wife and family?”

“You shall be hanged by the neck until you be dead. May God have mercy on you.”

press9jatv:
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budaatum:
There is no lane in Nairaland, and it would be remiss of me to read between your lines and read your mind. But if my responses to you, which I intend to ramp up, bother you, do please block me, because I'm very certain your blocking will remove food from my table and I'll starve until you unblock me!

helinues:
In exchange for what because even in Freetown, things are not free

The opposition on this forum should stop this annoying behavior. You have been engaging with me for years, you should understand our opinions about issues are words and opposite, why not respect it.

I stopped engaging with the regular opposition supporters on this forum because;

1. I have no choice than to respect their opinion so no need of back and forth arguments

2. Not bragging, not disrespecting, I have defeated all the opposition supporters on this forum who have ever engaged with me before on any issue or supporting. I can boldly dare all of you patata to come out and tell me any single major argument you ever won over me.

Let me explore with new set of people with potential and learn more not the defeated obsolete people. Any old opposition supporters monikers that attack my opinion in any form from henceforth would be blocked without any warning. You don't need to be seeing the comments that you will eventually attack.

Imagine someone I have been blocking steadily for months, the blocking expired just today and the next thing is as usual trolling. There is limit to what one can tolerate

RepoMan007:
waste ought to be sorted naturally and not the popular attitude nigerian display when they hurriedly lump up variouss waste types and throw away. The LASG has finally woken up after 66 years of undependence to realize the sorting into various types of waste is best done at source and have acted on it. Imagine lumping fresh fish waste with sanitary pad and sachet water then expecting people looking to recycle pure water sachet to sort through it for you. They won't and thats what creates the popular mess we see often from waste.

All parts of waste are of value when properly sorted. The nylons, plastic, metal, biodegradable food human waste or plant waste(wood/fibre).
It is we wgo make a mess of it all and then expect recyclers to deal with feaces and human waste. Very wrong and LASG is finally doing something about educating people on the wealth wastes represents.

StingingStinger:
Their world, their future, their choice.

Mind your own business.

ErebeOcoco:
A resounding yes.
In 2018, my land was being disputed by one powerful man in my community.

I just knocked my head on the ground and call on his holiness Olumba Olumba Obu.
And today, I am the sole owner of 5 Hectares of cocoa farmland.

Miracles exist when you know your God..