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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has discharged suspected Taraba State kidnap kingpin, Bala Hamisu, popularly known as Wadume and others on charges of terrorism, conspiracy and kidnapping. He was however convicted of escaping from lawful custody and unlawfully dealing in prohibited firearms and sentenced to seven years imprisonment, starting from the day he was arrested. Wadume and his co-defendants are standing trial on 13 amended counts of criminal charges bordering on terrorism, murder, ...

Wadume, notorious for kidnapping, was first arrested in Ibi, Taraba State, by members of the Intelligence Response Team of the Inspector...

Justice Binta Nyako has sentenced the Taraba based kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, popularly called Wadume, to seven years imprisonment without an option of

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala (alias Wadume) and two others convicted to seven years

The Nigerian government had arraigned Wadume and his co-defendants on June 8, 2020 on amended 13 counts of terrorism, kidnapping and other related offences.

Nigerian social media users keenly followed the deluge of stories of the alleged activities of the defendants after they were indicted on criminal charges. The expectation of the public was that the cases would be speedily concluded to help resolve the several allegations of criminality and the perception of slowness or the absence of justice in the country. Analysts have submitted that despite these cases enjoying rave reviews in the media and public space, several factors could account for th...

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Alleged Taraba kidnap kingpin, Wadume, others to open defence May 18 The prosecution closed its case after its sixth witness testified on Tuesday. 2 min read Alleged Taraba kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala (aka Wadume) and his co-defendants will, on May 8, open their defence in the terrorism charges preferred against them at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The Federal Government arraigned Wadume and his co-defendants on June 8, 2020 on amended 13 counts of terrorism, kidnapping and ot...