After a trial that lasted for three years, Justice Binta Nyako of a Federal High Court, Abuja, has condemned and sentenced Taraba-based kidn@p kingpin, Hamisu Bala, popularly called Wadume, to seven years imprisonment, for unlawfully dealing in prohibited firearms and for escaping from prison custody.?
?The court specifically sentenced the kidnapper to escape from lawful custody and unlawfully dealing in prohibited firearms.?
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Justice Nayako also sentenced Wadume on counts two and 10 of the 13-count charge brought against him and six others by the office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice.?
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The judge on July 22, 2022, delivered judgment on the other defendants in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/30/2020.?
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Other defendants are Aliyu Dadje (a police inspector); Auwalu Bala (aka omo razor); Uba Bala (aka Uba Delu); Bashir Waziri (aka baba runs); Zubairu Abdullahi (aka Basho) and Rayyanu Abdul.?
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Details of court papers, which emerged on Sunday, August 14, showed that the case of the prosecution team was upheld.?
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In the judgment, Inspector Dadje was sentenced to three years for tampering with police records to suppress a crime.?