A trader, Ayisat Amodu, who allegedly conspired with two others to
kidnap her grandfather, was yesterday remanded in prison custody by an
Ilorin Magistrate’s Court.
Magistrate Mohammed Ibrahim ordered the accused remanded at the Federal
Prison, Okekura, Ilorin,
while the case was adjourned till March 22 for
mention.
Amodu, a resident of Ilesha Baruba in Kwara, is facing trial with Ali
Mohammed and Adamu Hassan in the court. According to Vanguard, the Prosecutor, Inspector Nasiru Yusuf, told the court that the trader,
along with Mohammed and Hassan, kidnapped her grandfather, Yakub Bello,
for a ransom.
Yusuf said that the trio committed the offence sometimes in March at
Tunbuyan Fulani Camp in Ilesha Baruba in Baruteen Local Government Area
of Kwara State.
The prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 1, 2 and 6 of
Kwara State Prohibition of Kidnapping Law, 2010.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred
against them.