A final year law student of University of Benin (Uniben), Chima Anthony Akpalaba was, Monday, sentenced to 19 years imprisonment for his involvement in the kidnap of a seven-year old daughter of the Chief Account, Government House Asaba sometime in February 2009.
An Asaba high court presided over by Justice T.C. Makwe handed down the sentence when the accused person pleaded guilty to the offence when the 5th prosecution witness was testifying.
He bagged five years imprisonment for conspiracy to commit kidnapping; five years for kidnapping; another five years for child stealing, two years for demanding property with menances and two years belong a secret cult group, thereby totaling nineteen years. The sentence would however run con-currently.
The convicted law student, according to prosecution, had in conspiracy with others at large “on the 12th day of February 2009 at number 13 Isiayei Drive, Infant Jesus layout Asaba with Asaba judicial division with intent to deprive Charles Isiaye, the father of Tare Isiaye, female , a child of 7 years of the possession of the said Tare Isiaye forcibly took her away and detained her”.
The convict along with his co-travellers in crime had demand for N150 million ransom from the father of the girl but was arrested at a hideout in Okpanam by men of the State Security Service SSS.
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